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Geneva was one of the original Macintosh "city" fonts by Susan Kare. It is a realist sans-serif face. The original bitmap version was a variant of Helvetica; the TrueType version is slightly different.
On systems where neither Geneva nor Helvetica is installed, Arial is sometimes used as a surrogate.
Comparison
| Name |
Creator |
Format |
Sample |
| Geneva |
Susan Kare |
bitmap/TrueType |
The lazy major was fixing Cupid's broken quiver. |
| Helvetica |
Miedinger/Hoffman |
TrueType |
The lazy major was fixing Cupid's broken quiver. |
| Arial |
Nicholas/Saunders |
TrueType |
The lazy major was fixing Cupid's broken quiver. |