He couldn’t just link a Google Font. Helvetica Neue was proprietary, a beautiful gatekept treasure. The legal way? A license from Linotype that cost more than his rent. The other way…
He opened his laptop. Silently, he started a new branch: hotfix/replace-fonts . helvetica neue font family github
The next morning, Leo called him into a Huddle room. “Legal wants to know who added the Helvetica Neue files. The audit trail points to your merge.” He couldn’t just link a Google Font