Helvetica Neue font
Helvetica Neue is a neo-grotesque sans serif first issued by Linotype in 1983. It comes with macOS; elsewhere it is a paid typeface, sold by Linotype, as Neue Helvetica. FontKind hasn’t measured it, so the free fonts below stand beside it by their own description and by class, not by measurement.
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Free for commercial useOFL
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Free for commercial useOFL
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IBM Plex Sans
Google Fonts classes it with the neo-grotesque sans serifs
Find the font. Find its kind.Free for commercial useOFL
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Bricolage Grotesque
Google Fonts classes it with the neo-grotesque sans serifs
Find the font. Find its kind.Free for commercial useOFL
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Free for commercial useOFL
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Free for commercial useUbuntu Font Licence
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Not measured against Helvetica Neue: FontKind has no licensed copy of it. “By description” means the free font’s own description names Helvetica Neue or its model; “by class”, that Google Fonts gives it the same class. Every one is free for commercial use.
About Helvetica Neue
- First issued
- Linotype, 1983Source: Wikipedia: Helvetica
- Class
- Neo-grotesque sans serifSource: Wikipedia: Helvetica
- Comes with
- macOS Tahoe: Helvetica NeueSource: Apple: fonts included with macOS Tahoe
- Sold by
- Linotype, as Neue Helvetica
- Trademark
- Neue Helvetica is a trademark of Monotype Imaging Inc. registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and may be registered in certain other jurisdictions.Source: Monotype: trademarks
- Also
- Linotype redrew Helvetica as one family of matching weights and widths in 1983.Source: Wikipedia: Helvetica
Read by hand on 1 October 2026 from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), Microsoft’s and Apple’s lists of their fonts, Monotype’s list of its trademarks and the foundries’ and shops’ own pages. The references are linked beside each fact; a page that sells or hands out the font is not, so a fact read only there shows no link.
Neue Helvetica® is a trademark of Monotype Imaging Inc. FontKind is not affiliated with Monotype Imaging Inc., and this page is an independent reference.
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Questions about Helvetica Neue
Is Helvetica Neue free?
Not to use anywhere you like. It comes with macOS, so a Mac already has it. Anywhere else it needs a licence, sold by Linotype, as Neue Helvetica. The free fonts on this page are free for commercial use too, under open licences.
Who made Helvetica Neue?
Helvetica Neue was first issued by Linotype in 1983.
Can I use Helvetica Neue in Word, Google Docs or Canva?
In Word on a Mac, yes, as macOS comes with Helvetica Neue; on Windows, only after you install a licensed copy. Google Docs adds fonts from Google Fonts, and Helvetica Neue isn’t one of them; of the free fonts on this page, Inter, Roboto and IBM Plex Sans are there, under More fonts. Canva publishes no list of its fonts: search its font menu, or, with Canva Pro, upload a font whose licence allows it.
What is the closest free alternative to Helvetica Neue?
FontKind hasn’t measured Helvetica Neue: it has no licensed copy of it, so this page doesn’t rank free fonts by how close they come. Inter, Roboto and IBM Plex Sans are neo-grotesque sans serifs in Google Fonts’ own classification, the class FontKind matches to Helvetica Neue.