Awful cheat, vile type (9)

I believe the answer is:

helvetica

'type' is the definition.
(I know that Helvetica is a type of case)

'awful cheat vile' is the wordplay.
'awful' is an anagram indicator.
'cheat'+'vile'='cheatvile'
'cheatvile' anagrammed gives 'HELVETICA'.

(Another definition for helvetica that I've seen is " Common letter font".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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