Akzidenz Grotesk Pro from Berthold

George Triantafyllakos - backpacker.gr

Hypatia Sans?
As a greatly expanded and enhanced OpenType Pro family, Hypatia Sans Pro includes pan-European language coverage and a broad palette of weights.

1. Latin, CE, cyrillic, greek …? Yes!
2. Helvetica-like? Well, it’s a sans … but certainly not a Swiss grotesque.
3. But is it decent? Oh yes!

> am looking for a decent alternative to Helvetica

What is it about Helvetica you don't like? Ubiquity, price, the name?

Cheers, Si

When you say Helvetica-like, do you mean a Swiss grotesque, or will any sans do? There are certainly dozens of sans with the language support and range of weights you're looking for.

Related thread: Open Type Helvetica for all european languages?

Thanks everyone :)

Jongseong > I mean a sans serif font wich will look similar enough to Helvetica Neue.
It's for web use at less than 20pt.

sii > I have nothing against or for Helvetica, please re-read my initial question.

Akzidenz Grotesk Pro seem to be a good match - Hypatia looks really nice but it has too much personality.

Thanks for the clarification. Too bad Univers doesn't have Greek, as far as I know.

Swiss 721 would be a nice candidate, although it seems to support Cyrillic and Greek in only a few of its weights.

Will I get pelted with rotten tomatoes if I mention "Arial Unicode"? LOL!

[EDIT: re-read the question & saw requirement for other weights. Forget I spoke!]

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>sii > I have nothing against or for Helvetica, please re-read my initial question.

I did, as a reminder here it is...

> I am looking for a decent alternative to Helvetica wich would have a solid complete unicode support: latin, central european, cyrillic, greek and turkish.

Your requirement is language support that Helvetica has. What's wrong with using Helvetica?