50 Years of a beautiful Thing

When I first brought a movie home about a typeface my wife laughed and labelled me a geek. She soon became enthralled.

Helvetica is a feature-length independent film about typography, graphic design and global visual culture. It looks at the proliferation of one typeface (which is celebrating its 50th birthday this year) as part of a larger conversation about the way type affects our lives.

There’s plenty of the greats on here, including Wim Crowel, Massimo Vignelli and a very funny Erik Spiekermann relating type to people.

Posted by: Matt