[reportlab-users] TableStyle "FONTNAME"

[Jason Craig]

Tim Roberts wrote:

> Jason Craig wrote:

>> Robin Becker wrote:

>> Note that "Helvetica" is usually another name for "Arial". 

> I guess that depends on how picky you are.  The name "Helvetica" 

> refers to the Adobe standard font of that name, which, as Robin 

> indicated, is built in to the Acrobat Reader, and to every Postscript 

> printer.  It is certainly a separate font from Arial, and the 

> character shapes and spacing are slightly different.

>

> Arial was created by Microsoft to avoid having to license Helvetica, 

> and was inspired by and intended to be a clone of Helvetica, but they 

> are not the same.

>

Yes it does depend on how picky you are.  I did not say that they are 
the same thing; my statement is correct.  On a typical Windows computer 
(Mac has Helvetica by default, right?), if you ask a program for 
Helvetica and a font named Helvetica is not installed you will be given 
Arial.  Hence, since Microsoft has >50% market share, and since most 
programs I know of behave this way, Helvetica is usually another name 
for Arial.

--Jason