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However, you may run into copyright issues with this: Not every font allows distribution as a web font. How to add some non-standard font to a website? You would have to turn your font into a web font as shown in these SO questions: Nimbus needs a few extra points to get an identical size match.

Built in HN and Nimbus Sans are very similar in all respects but point size.

NOT exploiting the Mac's built in "NimbusSansNovusDBoldCondensed" at all) because it leads to a design that is more uniform across browsers. You can get it at for $20 (desktop) and $20 (web, 10k pageviews). In fact, it is also derived from Helvetica. UPDATE: I discovered a much closer match to Helvetica Neue Condensed Bold is Nimbus Sans Novus D Condensed bold. Then if a Mac user loads your site they see Helvetica Neue, but if they're on another platform they see Franklin. In both cases you also get to download the font for your desktop so you can use it in Photoshop for comps.Ī very cheap compromise is to buy Franklin from fontspring and then use "HelveticaNeue-CondensedBold" as the preferred font in your CSS. : Buy a pretty close alternative like Nimbus Sans Novus D from MyFont ($160 for unlimited pageviews), or Franklin Gothic FS Demi Condensed, from (about $21.95, flat one time fee with unlimited pageviews).

You can download the font to your desktop with the most expensive plan (but if you're on a Mac you already have it). Free (with a badge), $10/month for 250k pageviews and $100/month for 2.5M pageviews. In case anyone is still looking for Helvetica Neue Condensed Bold, you essentially have two options.į: License the real font as a webfont from.