fonts most similar to Helvetica

best google font alternative

• https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Heebo

best fontface alternative (css embedding)

• TeX Gyre Heros

best way to get you the optimal helvetica

• silently degrades from the best helvetica on the user's desktop toward other similar fonts
• https://css-tricks.com/snippets/css/better-helvetica/

body {
  font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light', 'Helvetica Neue Light', 'Helvetica Neue',
    Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;
  font-weight: 300;
}

others/ref

• https://www.quora.com/Are-there-any-Google-web-fonts-similar-to-Neue-Helvetica

why am i writing this?

• Because Helvetica Now just came out!
• https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/9/18302057/helvetica-now-new-monotype-typeface-charles-nix-design-optical-sizes-alternate-characters