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A Helvetica substitute
Quote Hi Guys, does anyone know a free font that is pretty similar to Helvetica. Alternatively is there a website that you can download Helvetica free of charge. I'm doing a project based on The Co-Op and i'm pretty sure the font they use is Helvetica. If anyone knows of some similar fonts then that would be great.
Cheers,
Ant
Cheers,
Ant
The best substitute for Helvetica is Arial (this two font are very close) but it's not free.
Or here in Dafont, Coolvetica, based in it: http://www.dafont.com/coolvetica.font
Thanks very much for your answers I also found Swansea on the fontface website is pretty good.
Arial is one of the default fonts of almost all operating systems. If you have an OS License, you have an arial font license
vinz said (view post)
Arial is one of the default fonts of almost all operating systems.
Mac OS and Linux too ?
yep
No clue...
Menhir said (view post)
vinz said (view post)
Arial is one of the default fonts of almost all operating systems.
Mac OS and Linux too ?
No. Furthermore: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arial#Distribution
11 months... what's in this thread ?
the BEST alternate for helvetica is akzidenz grotesque. it's the letterform that helvetica was based on and shares many of the same qualities, including a large family
Alec Timerman said (view post)
the BEST alternate for helvetica is akzidenz grotesque. it's the letterform that helvetica was based on and shares many of the same qualities, including a large family
http://thenextweb.com/dd/2012/05/17/30-of-the-best-alternatives-to-helvetica/
Alec Timerman said (view post)
the BEST alternate for helvetica is akzidenz grotesque. it's the letterform that helvetica was based on and shares many of the same qualities, including a large family
This isn't an alternate of Helvetica because Helvetica is based on Akzidenz Grotesk !
Arial isn't the default font in Macs but it's included under the name "Univers ER Mac".
Neue Haas Grotesk is a digitalised version of Helvetica original metal glyphes. More like the 50's swiss grotesque font before the success of photocomposition process.
Edited on May 21, 2012 at 23:15 by MatiereBleue
@MatiereBleue : i said is ONE of the default font of mac os
@airtonix : ok, my bad, no linux...
@Everyone : May i remind that he was searching a font FREE OF CHARGE ?
Anyway, what's the point digging this 14 months old topic ?
@airtonix : ok, my bad, no linux...
@Everyone : May i remind that he was searching a font FREE OF CHARGE ?
Anyway, what's the point digging this 14 months old topic ?
I know it's an old thread but I did a study on this certain font for a project and it looked so much like Helvetica. I believe this has to be the closest. In fact, as it turned out, this was the precursor of Helvetica. It's free at ... fonts with a lot of regular variations. Kindly check it out and tell me about it. Ithink anybody looking for a font similar to Helvetica has to be this font. well it's called ... Check out the family at ... for free. I'm a novice in this but I sure can appreciate fonts and like clean, cut clear sexy undertones. in my fonts :
Edited 3 times. Last edit on Aug 07, 2012 at 00:18 by koeiekat
Edited 3 times. Last edit on Aug 07, 2012 at 00:18 by koeiekat
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