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Helvetica (2007)
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A documentary about typography, graphic design, and global visual culture. Director:Gary Hustwit |
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Manfred Schulz | ... |
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Massimo Vignelli | ... |
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Rick Poynor | ... |
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Wim Crouwel | ... |
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Matthew Carter | ... |
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Alfred Hoffmann | ... |
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Mike Parker | ... |
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Otmar Hoefer | ... |
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Bruno Steinert | ... |
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Hermann Zapf | ... |
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Michael Bierut | ... |
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Leslie Savan | ... |
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Tobias Frere-Jones | ... |
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Jonathan Hoefler | ... |
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Erik Spiekermann | ... |
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A documentary about typography, graphic design, and global visual culture.
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Opening Weekend:
$16,614 (USA) (18 September 2007) (1 Screen)Gross:
$204,000 (USA) (1 June 2008)Company Credits
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Rick Poynor: Type is saying things to us all the time. Typefaces express a mood, an atmosphere. They give words a certain coloring.
Michael Bierut: Everywhere you look you see typefaces. But there's one you probably see more than any other one, and that's Helvetica. You know, there it is, and it seems to come from no where. You know, it seems like air? It seems like gravity?
Jonathan Hoefler: And it's hard to evaluate it. It's like being asked what you think about off-white paint. It's just... it's just there. And it's hard to get your head around, it's that big.
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Written and Performed by El Ten Eleven
Vopar Music/Go Champale Music
Courtesy of Bar/None Records See more »
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[first lines]Rick Poynor: Type is saying things to us all the time. Typefaces express a mood, an atmosphere. They give words a certain coloring.
Michael Bierut: Everywhere you look you see typefaces. But there's one you probably see more than any other one, and that's Helvetica. You know, there it is, and it seems to come from no where. You know, it seems like air? It seems like gravity?
Jonathan Hoefler: And it's hard to evaluate it. It's like being asked what you think about off-white paint. It's just... it's just there. And it's hard to get your head around, it's that big.
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"Fanshawe"Written and Performed by El Ten Eleven
Vopar Music/Go Champale Music
Courtesy of Bar/None Records See more »
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