You know you spend a little too much time on Google when you instantly notice a new font or logo change. Sure enough, my keen eye spotted Google's fresh new logo look which has transformed all of the basic Google categories — like news, shopping, maps, etc. I can't figure out the exact font, but whatever it may be, things sure do look a lot simpler. You likey?
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The font looks a lot like Helvetica 47 Light Condensed, but I don't think it's the exact same font!!
1looks fine to me, really now interested in the fonts some sites use, as long as i can read it, i don't usually spend that much time noticing those minor details!!
2The font is actually a custom font designed by Hoefler & Freré-Jones specifically for Google. Supposedly it is a beta of General, a family of typefaces that Kevin Dresser is developing with H&FJ, but the only place it's been rolled out so far is on the Google product branding.
3I like the cleaner look.
4This was actually discussed by Google back in May. http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/05/new-logo-look.html
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