In this case either the font can be installed, or if this is not possible, the Helvetica clone Nimbus Sans L can be used as an alternative. Hint: If the message The font "Helvetica" cannot be found.
With XeLaTeX the use of other fonts is much easier. The specification refers to the corresponding original document. If the size of the font is to be adjusted, this is done via the option of the usepackage.
This example shows the case where only the sans serif font is to be changed to Helvetica. The example shows which settings have to be set to set the complete document in Helvetica. In combination with the Font Times a setting of 0.92 is recommended (see ). Or the expression scaled is set, this corresponds to the value 0.95 as scaling factor. Here you can specify a numerical value as an option. For this reason, if another font is used in addition to Helvetica, for example a serif font for the continuous text, the size of Helvetica should be scaled. This is especially obvious when using multiple fonts within a document. This means that it is larger than other fonts that have the same nominal size. In this case it would be \renewcommand\familydefault.Īnother aspect to consider when using Helvetica is that the font is comparatively large.
In case that the complete document should be set in the font Helvetica, not only the package helvet has to be included, but also the default font has to be changed by a redefinition of \familydefault. The inclusion of the package initially causes only a change in the type of serif-free font. The continuous text is still set in a serif font. However, this does not mean that the continuous text is set in Helvetica. For this reason, documents that are known to be read predominantly on any type of screen and are not printed or printed only in small quantities should be set in a serif-free font.īy including the package helvet the default font for the sans serif font is set to Helvetica. So that the advantages of the sans serif font outweigh, among other things, that it can be read also with small font sizes still comparatively well. Also the amount of text available for reading is small compared to a book. The advantage of this font is especially in the area of new media, unlike the design of printed texts, it is better to use a sans serif font for display on the screen. The Helvetica font is one of the best known sans serif fonts.