ttf : "Helvetica Neue LT Pro" "Regular"ĭuring my experiments, I played with a downloaded copy of ttf : "Helvetica Neue LT Pro" "Regular" # fc - match sans - serif HelveticaNeueLTPro - Roman. Using fc-match, it was easy to verify those files worked: # fc - match Helvetica HelveticaNeueLTPro - Roman. Make Helvetica Neue the default sans-serif Mapping sans-serif to Helvetica Neue was similar, slightly easier: # cat ~/.config/fontconfig/conf.d/nf Serve Helvetica Neue when asked for Helvetica To make Helvetica Neue win over TeX Gyre Heros I came up with this: # cat ~/.config/fontconfig/conf.d/nf Let's a have a closer look at their content. Into ~/.config/fontconfig/, one per task, and ran fc-cache again.
conf files below /etc/fonts/ and also ~/.config/fontconfig/. otf : "TeX Gyre Heros" "Regular" # fc - match sans - serif LiberationSans - Regular. Helvetica mapped to TeX Gyre Heros as can be seen here: # fc - match Helvetica texgyreheros - regular. Tool fc-match helped me understand where I was at. Took me a few takes to get that right but looking back it's actually not that hard. To set Helvetica Neue as the default sans-serif font for all applications. To map Helvetica to Helvetica Neue for all applications and Also, I wantedĬhange the default choice for sans-serif to Helvetica Neue, at least to see through CSS like font-family: ,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif, -Īnd I wanted browser to use my Helvetica Neue for that. I often saw website refer to plain Helvetica -Į.g.
HELVETICA NEUE LT PRO UPDATE
Ran fc-cache to update the Fontconfig cache.īut I wanted a bit more. The arty feeling about the site and because they allow experimenting withĪ font prior to buying in a more fun way than the others.Ĭreate a folder like ~/.local/share/fonts/Monotype_Imaging/TrueType/Helvetica_Neue_LT_Pro/, I went for FontShop for buying because I liked Monotype with close to identical offerings. Out of all the font-selling websites run by I should not pay twice to get both formats though, that's not cool. I picked OpenType TTF over OpenType CFF for the desktop downloadīecause in my local prior experiments, TTF fonts rendering looked It was not an experiment (like Helvetica Now would have been),Īnd it was more affordable than some of the other options. (with content of The Futur in particular), and Prior to buying, totaling at 141.85 Euro including VAT.īecause it seemed like one of the more modern options fit for 2020.
HELVETICA NEUE LT PRO PRO
Precisely I bought bundle "Neue Helvetica Pro Basic Family",Ģ0% discount from a promo code from signing up for their newsletter While buying and then integrating the font into my Linux setup I learnedĪ few things… that I would like to share with you. I grew quite a bit of a sympathy for Helvetica fonts recently andįont Helvetica Neue a few days ago eventually. First, this post is not sponsored by anyone and has no links