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Open source font similar to helvetica or other san serif?
Hi
Can anyone point me to any open source fonts similar to Helvetica, in particular helvetica light?
Or any other decent sans serif fontsLocal is the new global
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If you can track down Nimbus Sans L, you’ll be very close to a solution. It was released as part of an open source set of 35 fonts similar to the postscript set, called Ghostscript.
Here’s some background:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimbus_Sans_L#Nimbus_Sans_L
Joe Bourke
Owner/Creative Director
Bourke Media
http://www.bourkemedia.com -
Jim –
You can find it here:
https://www.fontspace.com/category/Nimbus+Sans+L
Joe Bourke
Owner/Creative Director
Bourke Media
http://www.bourkemedia.com -
Thanks Joe!
Someone else reminded me that Helvetica Neu (as a dfont) is included with any purchase of OSX since Leopard so will probably use that.Local is the new global
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Nice font!
reminds me somewhat of interstateLocal is the new global
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