Helvetica® Download Font

What is the Helvetica® font?

This typeface was initially released as Neue Haas Grotesk, and was designed in 1957 by Max Miedinger for the Haas’sche Schriftgiesserei (Haas Type Foundry) in Switzerland.
The name was changed to Helvetica (an adaptation of Helvetia, the Latin name for Switzerland) by Walter Cunz when D. Stempel AG, a major stockholder in Haas, reworked the design for Linotype GmbH in Frankfurt, a major stockholder in Stempel. The Mergenthaler Linotype Company in New York, then a major stockholder of Linotype GmbH, adopted the design, and it rapidly became the most popular sanserif in the world, replacing Futura. More…
Helvetica is designed as a strong central series, with condensed and extended forms and extreme weights adapted and added later, a system which suited Linotype mechanical limitations and marketing philosophy, but which resulted in a family of weights that were not as well coordinated as they might have been.
Linotype’s limited licensing forced a large number of unauthorized copies of Helvetica, none of which may be viewed as an improvement.

Helvetica® Font families

The Helvetica® includes the following font families:

Helvetica Light
Helvetica Light Oblique
Helvetica Regular
Helvetica Oblique
Helvetica Bold
Helvetica Bold Oblique
Helvetica Black
Helvetica Black Oblique
Helvetica Light Condensed
Helvetica Light Condensed Oblique
Helvetica Condensed
Helvetica Condensed Oblique
Helvetica Bold Condensed
Helvetica Bold Condensed Oblique
Helvetica Black Condensed
Helvetica Black Condensed Oblique
Helvetica Compressed
Helvetica Extra Compressed
Helvetica Ultra Compressed
Helvetica Inserat Roman
Helvetica Narrow Roman
Helvetica Narrow Oblique
Helvetica Narrow Bold
Helvetica Narrow Bold Oblique
Helvetica Rounded Bold
Helvetica Rounded Bold Oblique
Helvetica Rounded Black
Helvetica Rounded Black Oblique
Helvetica Rounded Bold Condensed
Helvetica Rounded Bold Condensed Oblique
Helvetica Textbook Roman
Helvetica Textbook Oblique
Helvetica Textbook Bold
Helvetica Textbook Bold Oblique

Helvetica® Preview

Here is a preview of how Helvetica® will look. For more previews using your own text as an example, click here.

Is Helvetica® a free to download font?

I'm afraid not. Helvetica® is not free to download. You will need to pay for it with your hard earn money. Most fonts that we feature on PimpMyFonts.com is a premium font. We do have a Free Fonts category where we showcase all of the best free fonts that you can download. Trust me when I say, don't waste your time searching for a free download of Helvetica®. You will not find a link anywhere.

It is highly unlikely that you'll be able to find Helvetica® for free. You might see a few websites that will say "Free Download" of Helvetica® font, but these are just attempts to get you to click on a link which will either take you to an ad landing page or you risk getting viruses on your computer. In the rare occasion that you do find a free download for Helvetica® remember that it's illegal to use a font if you didn't pay for it!

If you really want Helvetica® and you want to truly own it the legal and safe way, then click here to visit the download and purchase page on MyFonts.com. Here you will be able to obtain the proper license. The designer and publisher deserves to be paid for their work, as they have put in the hours and the creativity to produce such an amazing font. Good luck with your purchase and future use of this font. :)