I venture Apple did n’t see the motion picture ( or maybe they did ) . Anyway , the guys over atCreativeTechshave uncovered the fact that , with the release of Mac OS X 10.5 ( Leopard ) , Apple is now crying on the fact that they , and only they , have the correct version of Helvetica .
Yes , if you want to get out Apple ’s version of the font and replace it with your older PostScript Type 1 rendering of Helvetica — a plebeian natural event in output environs — you ca n’t . Unlike premature versions of OS X , Leopard wo n’t let you swap out one version for another .
This is an important emergence for decorator and prepress folks because there are little dispute between the TrueType versions of Helvetica that Apple ships with OS X and the PostScript Type 1 versions of Helvetica that many of us have used over the year . These deviation can make for havoc in print document intended for production ; for those hoi polloi who do n’t forge in these environments , it ’s not a big heap at all .
CreativeTechs ’ root is to move to Adobe ’s OpenType interlingual rendition of the classic font , Helvetica LT . Of naturally , you’re able to get it for a mere $ 2,599 ( with 2,300 other OpenType fonts from the Adobe Type Library ) on Adobe ’s lately released Font Folio 11 . If you ’re on a tighter budget , you’re able to also beak up Helvetica LT fora mere $ 29 . ( Do n’t forget our Quaker at Veer , who have plenty ofHelveticafor sale as well . )
Since this was originally posted , lector Jon Blaskovich countenance me know that it is potential to deputize the Apple Helvetica with your own Type 1 versions . Font management vendorExtensishas posted a PDF entitled “ Best Practices for Managing Fonts in in OS X , ” which details a method acting for swapping Helvetica in Leopard :
[ Thanks to Adobe’sJohn Nackfor the pointer . ]
[ update 9:50 a.m. with further clarifications regarding the TrueType and Type 1 rendering of Helvetica . ]
[ update 11:45 a.m. with radio link to Extensis ’s PDF . ]
