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Does anyone know any other fonts similar to Helvetica Neue (free for commercial use)? I'm working on a big website project where 'Helvetica Neue' is used heavily. I need a font that looks almost the same, is free for personal and commercial use, and looks good even when used with copytext (e.g. fontsize for copytext = 11px, for headlines = 16px).

Also there should be a condensed-font style included (if possible). TIA!

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Have you checked this question? graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/602/… – Yisela♦ Jan 29 at 3:03
Thanks! I'll check it out ASAP!:) – drpelz Jan 29 at 3:51

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I still think that for web, the best free option out there is Liberation Sans. It renders perfectly with @font-face.

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But you can get Helvetica Neue for web from Fonts.com for web use for a fair price too. I would probably use font-family:"Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Liberation Sans, Arial, sans-serif"; so those pcs with the font installed can see it, and those who don't have it can see a replacement.

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Thank you very much! This helps a lot!:) – drpelz Jan 29 at 4:05
No problem. Make sure you also check the other answers in that question I mentioned, because there are some really good ones. – Yisela♦ Jan 29 at 4:10

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