Anyone with a passing interest in design—or, for that matter, anyone who's scrolled through the font choices in their Word program—is familiar with the helvitica typeface. Well, prepare to become even more familiar: a documentary on helvetica premiered last week at TypeCon in Boston and will open elsewhere sometime next year. You wouldn't believe it but the history of many type designs—and this one in particular—can be fascinating. Participants in the film include Michael Beirut, Tobias Frere-Jones, Stefan Sagmeister, and many other heavyweights in the design world. This will be the debut film from director Gary Hustwit, though he does have producing credits for Wilco's I Am Trying to Break Your Heart, as well as a few other indie rock docs. [via Typographica]
If you can't wait for the film, there's always the book: Helvitca: Homage to a Typeface is a neat little book that came out last year.
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