Question: is helvetica neue the same as helvetica?
Answer: For more details on these changes, see Neue Haas Grotesk - History . Neue Helvetica is a 1983 revision of that Helvetica. (Yes, the proper name is in that order; it's German for “New Helvetica”. “Helvetica Neue” is just a name Adobe gave the fonts so they could be easily found in font menus.)