FrameMaker: mysterious font substitution in PDF

[Robert Lauriston]

If you don't want to pay for Helvetica and can't stand Arial, there
are some other free alternatives that come closer.

http://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/602/visually-similar-alternatives-to-helvetica

On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 10:34 AM, Syed Zaeem Hosain
(Syed.Hosain at aeris.net) <Syed.Hosain at aeris.net> wrote:
> Robert Lauriston wrote:
>> 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
>
> Yeah. I saw that ... as well as the Adobe Helvetica Neue package at over $900 in the link I sent in my other post.
>
> And, Helvetica is even more expensive at the Linotype web site. Depending on whether you want PS or TT internals, the prices go from $9 to $35 per font ... adding up in a hurry!
>
> That is just too expensive for just one font (well ... one font family is more accurate) for my desire to update the font. That is why I asked about not "having to pay an arm and a leg". :)
>
> Z
>
> On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 9:56 AM, Syed Zaeem Hosain
> (Syed.Hosain at aeris.net) <Syed.Hosain at aeris.net> 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.