Has anyone compared Roboto to other Helvetica-like fonts?
In other words, it would be interesting to see the differences between Akzidenz-Grotesk, Arial, Helvetica, Helvetica Neue, Roboto, Univers, and Vera. Something like:
My guess is that other than typographers, people mostly cannot tell any of the Helvetica-ish fonts apart, and there are much bigger differences between weights and such.
I've looked at H, H-Nueue, and Roboto at large sizes in FontBook, and frankly, I can't see an important difference. Sure, I can see the differences when I look for them, but they are pretty minor.
In other words, it would be interesting to see the differences between Akzidenz-Grotesk, Arial, Helvetica, Helvetica Neue, Roboto, Univers, and Vera. Something like:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Helvarial.svg
My guess is that other than typographers, people mostly cannot tell any of the Helvetica-ish fonts apart, and there are much bigger differences between weights and such.