April 30th, 2008
In 1980, the Haas type foundry, birthplace of Helvetica, contracted Team’77 to audit the Helvetica typeface and reissue an improved version. Team’77, consisting of André Gürtler, Erich Gschwind and Christian Mengelt, set out to “correct” common issues found in grotesk typefaces.
Click here to view scans of a promotional publication by Team’77 outlining the strategy and realization of Haas Unica. Presently, the Linotype and Scangraphic foundries both claim ownership of the type family and thus, Haas Unica is commercially unavailable.
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tbrasington Says:
I know people who have this! Although they can’t use it due to the ownership argument.
BBDK Says:
Interesting. I have a copy of the Scangraphic version. It definitely is a shame it’s not on the market.
tbrasington Says:
They should just agree to both sell it, it would fly off the shelves like hot cakes.