"Helvetica" turns 50, still not in OED?

[Jesse Sheidlower]

On Mon, Apr 09, 2007 at 10:31:38PM -0400, Fred Shapiro wrote:
> Are other famous typefaces missing from OED?

Gill Sans isn't in. Courier isn't in. Palatino isn't in.
New Century isn't in.

One must acknowledge that Baskerville, Bembo, Bodoni, Caslon
(which OED2 is mainly set in), Garamond, Old English, Porson,
Times, and some others are in, so it can't be said that OED
rejects typefaces as a class. I think one could make a good
case that Helvetica and others could be entered in OED.

Jesse Sheidlower
OED

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