In the late 1970s, at the same time at which hot metal typesetting was being replaced by phototypesetting, the Haas Type Foundry commissioned a group of specialists known a The Neue Haas Unica™ family is an extended, reimagined version of the Haas Unica® design, a Helvetica® alternative that achieved near mythical status in the type community before it virtually disappeared. But now the font designer Toshi Omagari has decided to make this typeface his own and has thus significantly supplemented and extended it.
Die dezenten Anleihen bei der Univers nehmen der Schrift etwas an technischer Strenge und sorgen für einen Hauch mehr Lebendigkeit, Dynamik und einer insgesamt freundlicheren Erscheinung Neue Haas Unica by Toshi Omagari: The original purpose behind the creation of the typeface Haas Unica was to provide a sympathetic update of Helvetica. In der Summe sind die vielen kleinen Anpassungen aber geeignet, den Charakter der Schrift feinfühlig zu verändern. Until now Die Neue Hass Unica mag auf den ersten Blick der Helvetica sehr ähnlich sein und keine der kleinen Unterschiede wirkt revolutionär und prägnant. Designed by Team '77 and released to great acclaim in 1980, Unica went missing under a heap of legal disputes and has never been available as a full, digital typeface. Unica® was an attempt to create the ultimate sans-serif - a hybrid of Helvetica, Univers and Akzidenz Grotesk. Neue Haas Unica™ is Monotype's revival of a typeface that has attained almost mythical status in the type community.