10 free fonts like Helvetica.
Helvetica isn't free. These open-licence look-alikes are, for personal and commercial work. Type your own words to compare them side by side.
Designed1957, Haas Type Foundry, Switzerland
DesignersMax Miedinger and Eduard Hoffmann
Original nameNeue Haas Grotesk, renamed Helvetica in 1960
Owned byMonotype. A licence is needed to use it.
Already have it? Macs and iPhones come with Helvetica installed, so you can use it there in your own documents. To use it on a website, in an app or in a logo, you need a licence from Monotype. Or pick a free font below.
Helvetica isn't installed on this device, so the left-hand boxes show Arial, which has the same letter widths, instead.
The closest free alternatives
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Which one should I pick?
Swapping Helvetica out of a documentArimo. Its letters are the same widths, so your text won't shift onto new lines.
Building a website or appInter. It was made for screens and has a huge range of weights.
The Swiss poster lookHanken Grotesk or Schibsted Grotesk, set bold and tight.