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By Ralf Herrmann (edited)

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Riccardo Sartori

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Milan subway uses a custom cut of Helvetica too (straight |R|’s leg, for example).

It used to use a more legible neo-grotesque designed by Noorda.

 

Riccardo Sartori

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(edited)

Milan subway uses a custom cut of Helvetica […] It used to use a more legible neo-grotesque designed by Noorda.

​Apparently, I had it wrong. The new typeface is a digitisation of Noorda’s original:

 

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(image from MetroMilano50)

Edited by Riccardo Sartori
Updated sample with a cropped one. By the way this list doesn’t show up in the list http://typography.guru/list/

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