Re: Helvetica font

[Stefan Urbanek]

On 2004-06-13 07:26:30 +0200 Gregory John Casamento <greg_casamento@yahoo.com> 
wrote:

> You don't need to...
>
> simply use the FreeFont:
>
> default write NSGlobalDomain NSFont 'FreeSans'
> default write NSGlobalDomain NSFontSize '12'
>
> It is made to look like Helvetica.

Even this is fine for local use and for display only, there is a problem with 
portability. You use FreeSans and the other application will not know, that it 
is Helvetica. Moreover, it may cause problems on printing or exporting to 
ps/pdf...

And "look like" is very vague when dealing with fonts ;-)

Stefan