dimitrivanheucke.be » typography http://dimitrivanheucke.be/blog you're gonna be remembered for the things you say and do Thu, 20 May 2010 12:36:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Helvetica, the Swiss font http://dimitrivanheucke.be/blog/2008/01/helvetica-the-swiss-font/ http://dimitrivanheucke.be/blog/2008/01/helvetica-the-swiss-font/#comments Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:10:40 +0000 Dimitri http://dimitrivanheucke.be/blog/?p=19 CoverLast year, helvetica celebrated its 50th aniversity. For this occassion Gary Hustwit produced & directed a documentary about the typeface.

The movies allready got 4 nominations in (documentary) movie festivals.

‘Helvetica encompasses the worlds of design, advertising, psychology, and communication, and invites us to take a second look at the thousands of words we see every day. ‘

She wrote it about a year ago, but I just got to know her and her blog.

This week my copy arrived.
Its nice to have to have some background on a typeface you and the rest of the world users almost every week :-) . The movie includes lots of scenes where Helvetica is used and interviews with numerous designers and typographers.

It’s not really useful, but if you’re a factfreak (like me ;-) ) it’s worth watching it.

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