Re: What does "LT" stand for?

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From: Dov Isaacs
Date: Thu, 01 Jan 2009 05:33

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It is essentially the same Helvetica font that was included in the original Adobe PostScript printers. That font was also sourced from Linotype. The difference is that the Helvetica LT fonts are OpenType CFF fonts, not simple Type 1 fonts. The design is the same.

- Dov

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