On 2011/08/24 10:51 (GMT+0900) Philippe Wittenbergh composed:

John wrote:

 Sure, that's a great idea, but how many out there actually have Helvetica 
Neue? Maybe I'm stuck in the mindset of designing around those 
commonly-possessed fonts...

Everybody who has OS X&  iOS installed. Windows users will see Arial or 
whatever you specify.

IOW, virtually all Apple users, virtually no Windows users, and no small number of Linux users who do have any Helvetica installed will probably wish it wasn't installed if they see it used on web pages: http://fm.no-ip.com/Auth/Font/font-helvetica.html#bitmap
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