Greetings all, just wanted to let you know that Helvetica will have its World Premiere at the South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas, on March 13th. I’ll be there to answer ...

Forum topic - swiss dots - 7 Feb 2007 - 6:29am - 167 comments - 0 attachments

... let you know about the documentary I’m making. Helvetica is a feature-length independent film about typography, graphic design and global visual culture. It looks at ...

Forum topic - swiss dots - 7 Aug 2006 - 9:18am - 60 comments - 0 attachments

I have just seen the Gary Hustwit’s Helvetica Documentary. Quite late, but I guess it is better late than never. ... the trendy “designers” have caught on to the film and think they are hip and “into” fonts because they’ve ...

Forum topic - 72p - 11 Mar 2008 - 9:04am - 52 comments - 0 attachments

... club thread I said “the only interesting person in Helvetica is David Carson.” That was overstating it. Carson isn’t ... and informative. What disappointed me about this film was its near complete absence of teeth. It’s just plain dull. A ...

Blog entry - James Arboghast - 13 Sep 2008 - 7:22am - 8 comments - 0 attachments

... designing the opening and end credits for a friend’s film. The film’s name is ’Turistas’ (’Tourists’), ... font to complement the touristy look. Thanks! ‹ Helvetica Majuscules Corporate Design - cap-height uppercase letter vs numbers ...

Forum topic - signal - 14 Jul 2008 - 8:14am - 2 comments - 0 attachments

Punchcut presents the Typophile Film Fest 4 at ATypI ’08 St. Petersburg . The Film Fest is an unequaled selection of short typographic films hailing from ... interviews and cuts from the acclaimed documentary film Helvetica . THANK YOU FONTSHOP Typophile owes its sincere ...

News - Joe Pemberton - 22 Aug 2008 - 9:06am - 0 comments - 0 attachments

... Why is it that I have so many fonts on my computer called helvetica but dont look as nice as the helvetica which is used for major brands ... We succumbed to the charms of the new Helvetica for the film’s identity, and dumped the old Helvetica. Neue is sexier, especially ...

Forum topic - Mike palmer - 23 Mar 2008 - 1:11am - 8 comments - 0 attachments

... a cool one from Germany, a low budget beer in Times and Helvetica - quite clever actually: But, being German, ... saying “eco-friendly” and “independent film” again. What comes around goes around. But isn’t it knee-jerk ...

Forum topic - Asvetic - 5 Sep 2008 - 11:23pm - 81 comments - 0 attachments

... “retro” while genuinely old typefaces such as Helvetica (1957) or Frutiger (1968) are considered “modern”. I ... the “new medium” of opera. Then you get the film version, then the DVD :-) ChrisL >considering Shakespeare ...

Forum topic - rob_luciani - 2 Oct 2006 - 6:47pm - 80 comments - 3 attachments

... Gate last night from Netflix. IMHO, a rather unremarkable film that I normally would have just shut off if not for the fact that it all ... doubt anyone on here has seen it. It’s called “Helvetica”. :) It’s not a movie, but It’s not a ...

Forum topic - aluminum - 23 Aug 2007 - 7:21am - 60 comments - 0 attachments