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Do typefaces really matter?

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:01:21 +0100

“The other day I heard that people are getting ‘font paralysis’. They couldn’t move forward with their work because they were unable to decide on which font to use.”

"Helvetica is a inferior quality vanilla ice cream, one made with water, vanilla extract and..."

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:54:06 +0100

“Helvetica is a inferior quality vanilla ice cream, one made with water, vanilla extract and vegetable fats instead of real double cream, proper vanilla pods and all. It’s why I don’t use Helvetica but always go for better quality.”

- Not entirely quite unlike vanilla icecream, one of those threads that could only occur on Typophile

Degrading Helvetica by Patrick Branigan A paper landscape...

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:42:27 +0100

Degrading Helvetica by Patrick Branigan

A paper landscape created to comment on the consequences of the visual world becoming oversaturated with the font Helvetica.

Creative Review - The Helvetica killer. Helvetica may be the...

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:12:11 +0100

Creative Review - The Helvetica killer.

Helvetica may be the world’s most popular typeface but one man is having none of it. Type designer Bruno Maag of Dalton Maag, views Helvetica’s popularity with a mixture of bemusement and irritation. So he has decided to do something about it. With the Dalton Maag team, he has created Aktiv Grotesk, a typeface designed to provide an alternative (and, he hopes, improvement) to Helvetica.

I'm Comic Sans, Asshole.

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 01:22:30 +0100

I'm Comic Sans, Asshole.:

You think I’m pedestrian and tacky? Guess the fuck what, Picasso. We don’t all have seventy-three weights of stick-up-my-ass Helvetica sitting on our seventeen-inch MacBook Pros. Sorry the entire world can’t all be done in stark Eurotrash Swiss type.

Helvetify for Safari. Helvetify is an extension that basically...

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 10:59:51 +0100

Helvetify for Safari.

Helvetify is an extension that basically sets the web page’s font to, yes, Helvetica (Neue to be exact.) With Safari 5, Helvetica on the web truly looks beautiful.

Helvetica Trade Advertising 02 Print design and...

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 07:44:05 +0100

Helvetica Trade Advertising 02

Print design and production Volume 2 - Issue 6, 1966 From the archive of Michael Hernan

Type Shirts from DADADA Studio.

Wed, 26 May 2010 07:21:29 +0100

Type Shirts from DADADA Studio.

So you think you can tell Arial from Helvetica? Quiz

Tue, 25 May 2010 00:26:11 +0100

So you think you can tell Arial from Helvetica? Quiz:

I’ve taken 20 logos that were originally designed in Helvetica, and I’ve redone them in Arial. Some people would call that blasphemy. I call it a challenge: can you tell which is the original and which is the remake?

El Vética t-shirt. Celebrating the career of Mexico’s only...

Wed, 19 May 2010 22:21:42 +0100

El Vética t-shirt.

Celebrating the career of Mexico’s only typographer/luchador. El Vética, also known as El Kernudo, fought out of the small town of San Serif. He held the Mexican Inter-Continental belt for an unprecedented 7 years, from 1977–84. He also starred in several telenovelas, most notably Las esposas del Luchador and El Santo y sus Súper Amigos.

The differences between Akzidenz, Univers, Helvetica and Arial

Sun, 16 May 2010 14:03:51 +0100

The differences between Akzidenz, Univers, Helvetica and Arial

Unigrid by Massimo Vignelli for the National Park Services. See...

Sun, 16 May 2010 11:26:00 +0100

Unigrid by Massimo Vignelli for the National Park Services. See examples of the grid in action.

FTBLL t-shirts by Blanka.

Fri, 14 May 2010 21:49:00 +0100

FTBLL t-shirts by Blanka.

Elevens from Gradiate. Elevens are a new range of T-Shirts...

Fri, 14 May 2010 21:17:00 +0100

Elevens from Gradiate.

Elevens are a new range of T-Shirts celebrating hypothetical all-time best XI’s of various football clubs and countries. This England design features 11 classic players plus the one manager to bring that elusive trophy to the home of football.

Helbotica by Jonathon Yule.

Tue, 11 May 2010 12:41:10 +0100

Helbotica by Jonathon Yule.

Helvetica-tized by Micah Monserrat. I’ve been heavily...

Tue, 11 May 2010 00:13:00 +0100

Helvetica-tized by Micah Monserrat.

I’ve been heavily into social media lately and decided to redesign logotypes for some of the sites I frequent…building them solely upon the Helvetica Neue typeface. Consider it an experiment in Helvetica.

Helvetica T-Shirt. I wonder if it’s supposed to be ironic...

Tue, 11 May 2010 00:07:17 +0100

Helvetica T-Shirt. I wonder if it’s supposed to be ironic that it’s set in Arial.

Helvetica on trash bags in Switzerland.

Mon, 10 May 2010 02:44:40 +0100

Helvetica on trash bags in Switzerland.

Fontstaches by agirlnamedtor

Sun, 09 May 2010 22:59:09 +0100

Fontstaches by agirlnamedtor

"Focusing on contrast makes combining fonts easier. Better not pair Helvetica (or other..."

Sun, 09 May 2010 13:12:09 +0100

“Focusing on contrast makes combining fonts easier. Better not pair Helvetica (or other Neo-Grotesques) with another sans serif (like a Humanist Sans). Instead, choose a serif or a slab. Transitional and Modern (bracketed) serifs work quite well with Helvetica. So do most Garaldes like Garamond — it all depends on what kind of atmosphere you’re aiming for. Browse the list of ideas below, or look for faces with broad proportions, a large x-height, or similar characteristics, like an uppercase ‘R’ with a vertical tail.”

- Fundamentals: Combining Type With Helvetica