Helvetica Standard Full Family is $360 for five computers. Single fonts are $29. adobe.com has PDFs showing which glyphs each font includes.
http://store1.adobe.com/cfusion/store/html/index.cfm?store=OLS-US&event=displayFontPackage&code=1767 On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 9:56 AM, Syed Zaeem Hosain ([email protected]) <[email protected]> wrote: > Mike Wickham said: > > … Helvetica from your computer-- or replace it with the OpenType version. > > I am curious as to how to get hold of [newer] OTF versions of Helvetica (and > some other old Adobe fonts that I use – like Caslon Expert) without having > to pay an arm and a leg for it. As I recall, these fonts (with all variants) > are darn expensive. > > > > My current Helvetica font files are ancient Type 1 ones – I received the > standard “35 PostScript” Adobe fonts as part of two Adobe PostScript > Cartridge purchases I made for my equally ancient and long-dead HP LaserJet > II laser printer and other font purchases way back when. For example, The > date on these Helvetica files are from around 1990 and 1994, etc. > > > > So, they don’t have all glyphs for today’s needs for some people. Luckily, > this has not hurt me too much, primarily because I have not had a need for > Unicode (yet) and have a substitution in another font for the Euro glyph, > but … > > > > I don’t know if Helvetica has changed since that time, but I assume – > perhaps incorrectly – that new glyphs have been added and/or any > imperfections have been fixed, etc. (?) Because I do see newer releases of > some Adobe other fonts included in their software … with different files > sizes, internal font versions, etc. Some recent Acrobat Pro versions in > particular. > > > > Anyway, some time back, I commented/asked here about Adobe providing font > upgrades (with reasonable prices), and somebody from Adobe mentioned that > they don’t do that. Unfortunate! L > > > > I think that it is good for Adobe to (a) consider doing font upgrades for > people who have these fonts – particular the ancient Type 1 files and/or (b) > for the FrameMaker or Acrobat team to consider adding in the “traditional” > 35 fonts (in updated OTF form, of course!) from the Apple LaserWriter days, > as part of a standard font set for FrameMaker/Acrobat. > > > > Z > > > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as [email protected]. > > Send list messages to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [email protected] > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/robert%40lauriston.com > > Send administrative questions to [email protected]. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to framers as [email protected]. Send list messages to [email protected]. To unsubscribe send a blank email to [email protected] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [email protected]. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
