<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Best replacement for Helvetica is FreeSans.<br><br>--- On <b>Tue, 6/28/11, John Culleton <i><john@wexfordpress.com></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: John Culleton <john@wexfordpress.com><br>Subject: Re: [scribus] Missing Font(s) -- slight detour, or about Helvetica<br>To: "Scribus User Mailing List" <scribus@lists.scribus.net><br>Date: Tuesday, June 28, 2011, 11:31 PM<br><br><div class="plainMail">On Tuesday, June 28, 2011 04:18:01 pm Meho R. wrote:<br>> On 28.06.2011 15:34, John Culleton wrote:<br>> > In addition to the excellent advice offered by ALE you <br>may<br>> > also want to consider another Sans Serif Font. <br>Helvetica,<br>> > like Times Roman, is used to the point of being trite.<br>> > IMO it is wise to consider
similar but slightly <br>different<br>> > fonts. I don't know what your Scribus system offers <br>but<br>> > mine shows:<br>> > DejaVu Sans Bold<br>> > Liberation Sans Bold<br>> > Luxi Sans Bold<br>> > Nimbus Sans L bold<br>> > etc.<br>> <br>> Even if so, Helvetica *is* a legend among fonts and <br>tasteful use of it<br>> has its merits and distinctive charm. If you have said <br>"Arial, like<br>> Times Roman...", I'd agree with you, but Helvetica... <br>Also, none of<br>> these free fonts you mentioned can really compare to <br>Helvetica, sorry,<br>> John.<br>> <br>> ___<br><br><br>I quote Bringhurst, page 97 anent Helvetica:<br>"The many light weights issued in recent years have done <br>much to reduce Helvetica's coarseness but little to <br>increase its readability"<br><br>-- <br>John Culleton<br><br>"Death Wore Black" Police procedural: <br><a
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