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Helvetica

Typography, Graphic Design and Global Visual Culture

7.2(184)20071h 20m2

Helvetica is a feature-length independent film about typography, graphic design and global visual culture. It looks at the proliferation of one typeface (which will celebrate its 50th birthday in 2007) as part of a larger conversation about the way type affects our lives. The film is an exploration of urban spaces in major cities and the type that inhabits them, and a fluid discussion with renowned designers about their work, the creative process, and the choices and aesthetics behind their use of type.

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Released
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Language
English
Part of Design Trilogy · 3 films
  • designer
  • advertising
  • font
  • graphic design
  • typography
  • modernism

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Behind the camera

Director

Gary Hustwit

Produced in

United Kingdom

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalNR12 Sept 2007
  • NetherlandsNL

    • PhysicalALDVD7 Feb 2008

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Helvetica was released on 12 September 2007.

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    Sheldon Nylander

    9/2/2019

    8/10

    "Helvetica" is a surprisingly interesting documentary about the creation and influence of a font. Yes, a font. Yet, the story behind it is more interesting than you might believe, not to mention the influence it's had since its creation, both by its design and by the creation of an anti-Helvetica faction that rebels against its button-down and now traditional design. The influence of that rebellion alone is actually …

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