How to install Helvetica font to Acrobat Pro DC???

Question

I have purchased a PC standalone version Acrobat Pro DC for
my windows computer. I cannot get tech support for this version any longer
because it is over 12 months. Here is my issue. I need to install the Helvetica
font to my Acrobat Pro DC program and cannot find how to this.

The Issue:

I deal with a lot of
PDF's. The files are emailed. I put the pdf's on my computer to be edited. Text
is the only thing that is edited, not the pictures. With the original emailed
pdf I cannot edit the file. I have to print the pdf to Adobe before I can make any edits. This is
done by choosing Print, then choosing Adobe, then give it a file name and Save.
This creates a new file that can be edited. All the original material it there.
The original pdf's are in the Ariel font. When the pdf is saved using the print
to Adobe, it USE TO SAVE ALL FONTS TO THE ARIEL FONT. Now the issue is this:
When print to Adobe it converts the entire pdf font to Helvetica, not Ariel any
longer. When I open the editable pdf all the fonts are Helvetica. So, to say I
have a 50 pages to each report in the Helvetica font. Acrobat Pro DC does
not come with the Helvetica font. I cannot find how to install the Helvetica
font to Acrobat Pro DC. Can anyone help. Thank you.

Dov Isaacs · Accepted Answer

The issue is not only that of installing a font, but you also need to license the font.Helvetica is not one of the Windows system fonts. Microsoft made a decision back in the early 1990s to license and bundle the Arial typeface family from Monotype as a metrics-compatible “workalike” font to substitute for Helvetica. Within Windows, there are tables to equate Arial with Helvetica if no Helvetica is installed.The problem is that there are many different versions of Helvetica out there and most will not be recognized as the simple “Helvetica” from the original base-13 PostScript fonts or base-14 PDF fonts. On Windows, one source for the “original” Helvetica fonts may be the host software CDs or DVDs that accompany true Adobe PostScript printers. - Dov

Just Shoot Me · Answer

You install Fonts through the OS. Not to specific programs. Once it is installed through the OS and shows in the Font folder it should be available to all programs.

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