If it’s for a freelance job, the first thing you should learn, and make sure your clients understand, is that fonts don’t grow on trees.
They cost money, just as software and work.

…and also posting on the wrong section of the forums ;-)

Right, right.

It's really hard at the beginning. Clients pay dumping salaries, time spent is three times as much because all has to be learned. And fonts are extremely expensive. Full risk, no guarantees.

I will use free fonts from now on. And may it's time for an internship in a serious typographers studio.

If you tell us what you want to use it for, perhaps we can offer some suggestions. Most projects won’t require a full family either, so that might lower the cost for you. You can’t purchase single weights of Akzidenz Grotesk, but a lot of other foundries will let you with their fonts.

When I hear people say “I am not willing to pay $$$ for fonts!” I suspect they’ve grown custom to the idea that fonts aren’t valuable. A typical font collection (among freeloaders) might consist of thousand of fonts. The thought of paying for all that seems daunting at first, but great designers don’t become great because they have a lot of fonts.

Linotype have a version of Akidenz Grotesk (based on the original which was drawn long before digital fonts came into existence) called Basic Commercial. They offer single weights.

Yes. Basic Commercial!