New Haas Grotesk is a revival of the original cut of Helvetica from Max Miedinger. Monotype has around 40 or so type families hosted on Adobe Fonts. Numerous other Helvetica clones (or Helveti-clones) have been made over the years, such as Bitstream's Swiss 721 family or Compugraphics' GC Triumvirate. Nimbus Sans is a pretty close imitation of Helvetica Neue. In recent years Monotype developed and released static and variable versions of Helvetica Now.Īdobe would have to make some kind of deal with Monotype in order to include any of the multiple versions of Helvetica available in digital form, be it the original 1957 cut, the 1980's neue versions or the recent now versions. Linotype had the rights to Helvetica many years prior to that and developed the Helvetica Neue family in the early 1980's (via Stempel AG, a Linotype subsidiary). Helvetica is now owned by Monotype, due in part to Monotype acquiring Linotype in 2006. Adobe does not own the Helvetica typeface or have any legal rights to bundle it into the Adobe Fonts service.
