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Subject:Re: Helvetica Font From:JGREY <JGREY -at- MADE2MANAGE -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 20 Jan 1998 07:52:13 -0500
Julijan Sribar wrote:
>>AFAIK, Arial should be equivalent to Helvetica; it is only
named
> different due to some copyright problems.<<
>
This is a common misnomer. Arial is *similar* to Helvetica, but
if you look closely at the two typefaces, you'll notice strong
differences. Compare especially the lower-case T and the numeral 1.
Someone else asked where they could download Helvetica. You
have to buy Helvetica; it's not a freeware or shareware font. If you
find a font called Helvetica for download somewhere, it's either a
knockoff of the original or an illegal copy of the original.
I have CorelDRAW! 4 at home; it comes with a gob of typefaces.
It contains the Swiss typeface family, which is far more similar to
Helvetica than Arial.
>>Anyway, if you are writing online help, you should use MS Sans
Serif
> font (it is the default font for that purpose).<<
>
You know, I use MS Sans Serif in my Help projects. But I see
mostly Arial in Help files. I'm curious to hear which typeface
listmembers prefer for their Windows Help projects.
> jim grey \ Documentation Project Manager
> Made2Manage Systems, Inc. \ jgrey -at- made2manage -dot- com
