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Valerie
 
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Default where is the Helvetica font?

I am having the same problem but when I checked the Font Substitution in a
document that is using helvetica (supposedly) it tells me that "No font
substitution is necessary. All fonts used in the document are available."
Also checked the fonts folder in Windows just to make sure, but it's not
there. Any ideas?


"giovanni" wrote:

Thank you very much, I really could not figure out why word would show this
font but I could not find it in the system (and other programs could not
either).

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

giovanni wrote:
Hi,

I am using Word 2003 with SP1. In Word, I can select Helvetica as a
font type, but other applications (particularly Illustrator CS)
cannot find the same font. I searched the font folder and my whole
computer for this font but I can't find it. How is it possible that
Word can find it and other applications can't? What can I do to make
this font available to other programs? Thank you very much for your
help.


Hi Giovanni,

If you don't have an actual Helvetica font file installed in
C:\Windows\Fonts, and you tell Word to use Helvetica to format some text in
a document, Word will automatically substitute a similar font -- in this
case, Arial.

The font dropdown will claim that the text is formatted with Helvetica. But
if you go to Tools Options Compatibility and click the Font Substitution
button, it will show that Helvetica has been substituted with another font.
You can choose in that dialog to change the substitute font, and that will
affect the display and the printer.

If you leave Helvetica selected as the formatting for the text, and you move
the document to a computer that has a real Helvetica installed, that will be
used.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org