On Thu, Nov 22, 2001 at 10:57:22PM -0500, David P James wrote: > On Thursday 22 November 2001 22:42, Robert Tilley wrote: > > I believe I've discovered the reason my fonts under KDE 2.2.2 have freaked > > out. > > > > Many of my programs were set to use Helvetica for the font typeface. > > Helvetica is no longer on my system. How can I obtain the Helvetica font? > > Is it part of the MS TT package? > > No, but arial is, which is very similar. In fact, if for some reason you
Ha. Well, not really, not to us font buffs. Personally, I hate Arial, because it's such a cheap and shoddy imitation of the real thing. The only reason that it's risen to such prominence is because way back when, Monotype gave Microsoft a deal on Arial, and a lot of people don't seem to notice the difference between it and Helvetica. One of the reasons I hate it so much, other than its poor design, is that I know it's used just because it comes with Windows. Makes me mad. > still have Windows you can find that font in c:\windows\fonts. A lot of > websites are set to use verdana and arial as well as helvetica, so it's I know. It gets on my nerves something fierce. I've got my system set up to always substitute Helvetica whenever Arial is called for. I just can't believe that anybody would actually _specify_ Arial for something. Verdana's all right though. It's not a Helvetica clone; more of a take on the various Gothics. Looks a good bit like the typeface used in many American telephone books. I know you'll will think I'm weird for having a strong opinion on this, and you're probably right, but I figure that _somebody_ ought to care about this stuff :) Personally, I'd like to see Univers become the sans-serif standard on Linux. That's _my_ favourite. But Helvetica's OK too. cheers Michael Ashton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ---- Pray for: - the souls of those who have lost, and will lose, their lives, as a result of the US terrorist attacks; - the souls of those responsible, that they may see the destruction they have wrought, and repent, before it is too late; - the United States, that its people will return to God for strength, and forgive; for the attackers "know not what they do"; - the agents of justice on Earth, that they may speedily do God's will, whatever that may be.
