Helvetica Now font
Helvetica Now is a neo-grotesque sans serif by Jan Hendrik Weber and Charles Nix, first issued by Monotype in 2019. It isn’t free: it is a paid typeface, sold by Monotype. 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
Fonts like IBM Plex Sans04by class
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 Now: FontKind has no licensed copy of it. “By description” means the free font’s own description names Helvetica Now or its model; “by class”, that Google Fonts gives it the same class. Every one is free for commercial use.
About Helvetica Now
- Designed by
- Jan Hendrik Weber and Charles NixSource: Wikipedia: Helvetica
- First issued
- Monotype, 2019Source: Wikipedia: Helvetica
- Class
- Neo-grotesque sans serifSource: Wikipedia: Helvetica
- Comes with
- Not with Windows 11, macOS Tahoe or Microsoft 365, by their own listsSource: Microsoft: Windows 11 font list , Apple: fonts included with macOS Tahoe , Microsoft: cloud fonts in Office
- Sold by
- Monotype
- Also
- Monotype’s update of Neue Helvetica, in three optical sizes: Micro, Text and Display.Source: Wikipedia: Helvetica
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Questions about Helvetica Now
Is Helvetica Now free?
No. Helvetica Now is a paid typeface, sold by Monotype. The free fonts on this page are free for commercial use too, under open licences.
Who designed Helvetica Now?
Helvetica Now was designed by Jan Hendrik Weber and Charles Nix, and first issued by Monotype in 2019.
Can I use Helvetica Now in Word, Google Docs or Canva?
In Word, only after you install a licensed copy: neither Windows nor Microsoft 365 comes with Helvetica Now. Google Docs adds fonts from Google Fonts, and Helvetica Now 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 Now?
FontKind hasn’t measured Helvetica Now: 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 Now.