A non-PS printer may subsitute Arial, depending on the system. If this is a document you are having printed professionally, it may be a non-issue as any Postscript-based printer or RIP has Helvetica installed by default and will use it as called for in the PDF, so your edits will match the original text. Answer (1 of 3): I’m about to give you a much longer answer than you wanted and I’m sorry but you’ll come away knowing what most people don’t know about the Helvetica that is installed on their computers.
#Helvetica now comparison Pc
(Not sure why your Acrobat isn't doing a sub with the TT Helvetica instead of the Arial as I know that's what happens on my Mac, so this could be a PC issue). Ironically, now you will have a mix, because now you will be viewing Arial for the missing Type 1 Helvetica, but seeing the proper Helevtica in your new edits. &0183 &32 Helvetica Neue is a reworking of the typeface from 1983, with a more unified set of weights and heights across the characters as well as improved legibility. So, no, you can't edit using Type 1 Helevtica because it doesn't exist in your PDF, nor on your system, so the TT version is the only game for you. Possibly the most widely used typeface worldwide, the Helvetica font. Since you don't have Helvetica Type 1 on your system, Acrobat is substituting Arial for viewing, which is a normal Acrobat substitution for Helvetica (also a common thing, particularly from Mac to PC). A bona fide celebrity of the type world, the divisive Helvetica typeface has been set on world domination since the 1950s. (Not sure why your Acrobat isnt doing a sub with the TT Helvetica instead of the Arial as I know thats what happens on my Mac, so this could be a PC issue).
#Helvetica now comparison pdf
The original file may have used it, but when the PDF was made the Helvetica wasn't embedded (a common thing back when for reasons I won't get into). &0183 &32 Ironically, now you will have a mix, because now you will be viewing Arial for the missing Type 1 Helvetica, but seeing the proper Helevtica in your new edits. Ironically, your PDF didn't have Helvetica embedded in it anyway. The letterforms and letterspacing are for all intents and purposes identical, so doing an edit now in the TT Helevtica version will be just fine.