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With Air, Neil tried to “unify the prevailing traits of German and English Grotesques in order to make something different yet familiar.” (He was *not* attempting to reinvent Helvetica.) His intentions were to create a “true workhorse that offers infinite options and flexibility for the user.” When Neil talks about infinite options, he’s not kidding. For starters, he wanted to have more than one choice for a slanted complement. “I set out to produce both an oblique and italic to balance...

With Air, Neil tried to “unify the prevailing traits of German and English Grotesques in order to make something different yet familiar.” (He was *not* attempting to reinvent Helvetica.) His intentions were to create a “true workhorse that offers infinite options and flexibility for the user.” When Neil talks about infinite options, he’s not kidding. For starters, he wanted to have more than one choice for a slanted complement. “I set out to produce both an oblique and italic to balance usage....

With Air, Neil tried to “unify the prevailing traits of German and English Grotesques in order to make something different yet familiar.” (He was *not* attempting to reinvent Helvetica.) His intentions were to create a “true workhorse that offers infinite options and flexibility for the user.” When Neil talks about infinite options, he’s not kidding. For starters, he wanted to have more than one choice for a slanted complement. “I set out to produce both an oblique and italic to balance usage....