Helvetica typeface adobe8/13/2023 ![]() ![]() It also comes with a Condensed and Slab variant as well. And, it looks great on a screen, which isn't always the case with OSX's Helveticas. Here's a comparison between the two - to be clear, this is Google's Helvetica, and while I still prefer the original, this is a nice alternative. If you want a free alternative that's pretty robust, try Roboto: Also, it is best to get a visual comparison between fonts if possible (e.g. There have been questions about free alternatives to Helvetica and also similar fonts to Helvetica Neue, but the answers were based on available fonts from at least a couple years ago and I would like to know if there have been changes or new fonts since. This was the response, Michael Lai gave me: I (Ryan, whom is editing this) asked what is meant by dated. Please include a visual example if possible, and include some reasons why each font would be a good choice I'm after a smallish number of well-thought-out suggestions, and definitely not a bare list. ![]() a single story 'a' or distinctly different 'g'. ![]() I guess I'm looking for something that will be a close match in most of its shapes but will have enough points of difference to make people (OK, other designers) wonder what I've used. Sort of uwm-ish, sort of simple-button-ishīutton1 = m : window|icon : f.function "move-or-lower"īutton3 = m : window|icon : f.function "move-or-raise"īutton1 = : title : f.function "move-or-raise"īutton1 = : icon : f.I'd like to use something similar-but-different for my poster project. # Define some useful functions for motion-based actions.įunction "move-or-lower" IconManagerFont "-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal-*-100-*-*-*" # users were accustomed to uwm, the defaults could be set up not to decorate # that may be appropriate for their environment. # Sites should tailor this file, providing any extra title buttons, menus, etc. # space in systems whose compilers don't handle medium-sized strings. # Default twm configuration file needs to be kept small to conserve string Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, FFLAGS, INSTALL_MASK, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS USE="X acl acpi alsa bash-completion berkdb branding bzip2 cairo cdinstall cli cracklib crypt cups dbus dri fortran gdbm gif gpm gtk hal iconv isdnlog jpeg kde mikmod mmx modules mp3 mudflap ncurses nls nptl nptlonly openal opengl openmp oss pam pcre perl png pppd python qt4 readline reflection sdl session spl sse sse2 ssl sysfs tcpd tiff truetype unicode vorbis x86 xorg xv zlib" ALSA_CARDS="intel8x0" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse" KERNEL="linux" LINGUAS="it" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="-recursive -links -safe-links -perms -times -compress -force -whole-file -delete -stats -timeout=180 -exclude=/distfiles -exclude=/local -exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS="-exclude=/lost+found" System uname: Linux-2.6.30-gentoo-r6-zizo-i686-Intel-R-_Pentium-R-_4_CPU_3.00GHz-with-gentoo-2.0.1ĬFLAGS="-march=native -mtune=native -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"ĬONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/nf /etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/nf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo /etc/udev/rules.d"ĬXXFLAGS="-march=native -mtune=native -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"įEATURES="distlocks fixpackages parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans" I think that also other X apps need adobe's fonts, so maybe we can switch back and add them as xorg rdep. So please add them as dependency or change /usr/share/X11/twm/system.twmrc. ![]() Since new stable xorg-server-1.6.3.901-r2 font-adobe-* aren't pulled in anymore, but twm needs them, or it will not start (using the default /usr/share/X11/twm/system.twmrc). ![]()
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