
Helvetica is 50 years old [1]. And it still sucks.
At this moment in boardrooms across the globe, captains of industry are leafing through sheet after sheet of typefaces. There are hundreds of choices, but many of these movers and shakers don't take a lot of leafing before plumping for Helvetica.
Links:
[1] http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6638423.stm
[2] http://technorati.com/tag/advertising news