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Release Date: 2007

Cast: Wim Crouwel, Massimo Vignelli, Stefan Sagmeister, Paula Scher, Alfred Hoffmann, Lars Müller, Dimitri Bruni, Hermann Zapf, Neville Brody, Matthew Carter, Rick Poynor, David Carson ...MORE

Cast: Wim Crouwel, Massimo Vignelli, Stefan Sagmeister, Paula Scher, Alfred Hoffmann, Lars Müller, Dimitri Bruni, Hermann Zapf, Neville Brody, Matthew Carter, Rick Poynor, David Carson, Erik Spiekermann, Tobias Frere-Jones, Danny van den Dungen, Michael C. Place, Manuel Krebs, Mike Parker, Bruno Steinert, Otmar Hoefer ...LESS

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Helvetica is an independent feature-length documentary film about typography and graphic design, centered on the typeface of the same name. Directed by Gary Hustwit, it was released in 2007 to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the typeface's introduction in 1957 and is considered the first of the Design Trilogy by the director. Its content consists of a history of the typeface interspersed with candid interviews with leading graphic and type designers. The film aims to show Helvetica's beauty and ubiquity, and illuminate the personalities that are behind typefaces. It also explores the... MORE

Helvetica is an independent feature-length documentary film about typography and graphic design, centered on the typeface of the same name. Directed by Gary Hustwit, it was released in 2007 to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the typeface's introduction in 1957 and is considered the first of the Design Trilogy by the director. Its content consists of a history of the typeface interspersed with candid interviews with leading graphic and type designers. The film aims to show Helvetica's beauty and ubiquity, and illuminate the personalities that are behind typefaces. It also explores the rift between modernists and postmodernists, with the latter expressing and explaining their criticisms of the famous typeface. Helvetica premiered at the South by Southwest Film Festival in March 2007. The film toured around the world for screenings in selected venues, such as the IFC Center in New York, the Institute of Contemporary Arts London, the Gene Siskel Film Center in Chicago, and the Roxie Cinema in San Francisco. Helvetica was nominated for the 2008 Independent Spirit's Truer than Fiction Award. Bands and musicians that contributed to the documentary's soundtrack include Four Tet, The LESS