Font problem

Glad

I've been using Affinity publisher and needed to download a font for a package, downloaded Helvetica, it worked fine on the package but I've now noticed that random websites are using Helvetica in italics

One is MSE but not all font, another is my yahoo mail but only the email header

I have tried to delete the font but it seems to have left one file there and I can't delete it as it says 'this font is in use' 

I've googled the problem and been advised to delete from the registry but the font isn't there, it's only in This PC  >  Local Disk (C:)  >  Windows  >  Fonts

any help appreciated

wongataa

Fonts aren't stored in the registry, just the fonts folder which you have found.  How did you try and delete the font?  I would restart the computer and try deleting it again.

Glad

wongataa said:

Fonts aren't stored in the registry, just the fonts folder which you have found.  How did you try and delete the font?  I would restart the computer and try deleting it again.

Thank you
right clicking doesn't do anything, double clicking shows this 



out of interest my font on this thread is helvetica neue italics and so is yours, is that what you see?

I tried to follow this
How to Remove Fonts Using Registry Editor on Windows 10 - Easytutorial

wongataa

I don't have Helvetica installed on my computer so the text is in Arial for me.

Maybe try installing it again, rebooting, and then try deleting again.

debitcardmayhem

@wongataa @Glad If you look at the page source in your browser does it say Helvetica ? Mine does when i get a chance i will check the same on my linux box (currently using Windows for maintenance and problem solving for oh pc) I guess the server here at MSE Towers pops that in and leaves it up to the browser to sort.

[Deleted User]

The CSS for this webpage is as follows:



It will iterate through that list, so Helvetica Neue is the default font for this website, but if unavailable will move on to Helvetica then Arial then sans-serif.

Mine is using Arial because I don't have any of the Helvetica fonts installed. 

debitcardmayhem

This ^^^^ @[Deleted User] spent more time looking more than I have at the moment

Glad

Thanks for the help, I never considered that Helvetica would be the default here, I guess it's the same on my yahoo mail page. I'm finding it really difficult to read so I'll try to do the reinstall and delete now. I don't know why it deleted all the others and just left one

Glad

wongataa said:

I don't have Helvetica installed on my computer so the text is in Arial for me.

Maybe try installing it again, rebooting, and then try deleting again.

Thank you @wongataa this has worked and I'm extremely grateful to you all