Helvetica neue font in the adobe kit compatibility with myfotns

Report · May 28, 2024

Hi ! I have started a project on indesign using the Helvetica Neue available on the adobe type kit for Mac users. I would like to buy the Helvetica Neue from Linotype on my font, but there are different versions of the Helvetica Neue (Neue Helvetica pro, text, world...) there. How can I find the one that matches the version that will match the adobe Helvetica Neue version ? Is it the Neue Helvetica pro ? If so, will this be a problem for indesign to recognize it because they don't have the exact same name ? thank you !

Report · May 28, 2024

No versions of Helvetica, including Helvetica Neue, are carried on the Adobe Fonts service. Mac OSX and iPad OS include several styles of Helvetica, Helvetica Cyrillic and Helvetica Neue as system fonts.

The nearest thing to Helvetica Neue carried at Adobe Fonts is Nimbus Sans by URW. It is a look-alike of Helvetica Neue. Adobe Fonts carries only a limited selection from the family, 15 fonts out of more than 100.

The retail version of Neue Helvetica sold by Linotype (now owned by Monotype) should be visually identical to the version bundled in Mac OSX. Individual styles can be matched according to their weight/width names (or numbers).

I'm not sure what is gained with the "Pro" name in the retail version. It doesn't look like it has much more in the way of glyphs or features than the Mac system fonts. The Helvetica Now type family does have a substantially larger character set, but that recent variant is not included in the MacOS.