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Is Helvetica 12 point a safe choice for my book?
I found Helvetica 12 pt to be more readable that Time 12 and used it for me entire book.
I wrote the book in Word (Mac 2017) and exported to PDF.
Is Helvetica typically available on people PC's and devices?
Thanks
I wrote the book in Word (Mac 2017) and exported to PDF.
Is Helvetica typically available on people PC's and devices?
Thanks
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thanks
You are very welcome and I was happy to help.
Arial font from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arial
This means if you had your document in Helvetica a quick search and replace of Helvetica by Arial should end up (theoretically) with a document of the same size. Now I'm not sure about the embedding of Helvetica fonts within PDF on a Mac and how well a PDF document done on a Mac will show on a Windows machine.
It was created to be metrically identical to the popular typeface Helvetica, with all character widths identical, so that a document designed in Helvetica could be displayed and printed correctly without having to pay for a Helvetica license.
This means if you had your document in Helvetica a quick search and replace of Helvetica by Arial should end up (theoretically) with a document of the same size. Now I'm not sure about the embedding of Helvetica fonts within PDF on a Mac and how well a PDF document done on a Mac will show on a Windows machine.
Once in a PDF it should display fine. I used Helvetica for a long time.
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What is bad about that choice?
Next time, how can I create a style, so I can easily change it later?
Thanks