Typographie

sabrinamillis:

if you haven’t guessed yet, first year had a typography lecture today.

Helvetica Moleskines. That’s double nerdy. However, they’re really gorgeous!

—perhaps a bit slowpoke.jpg (or slowking.exe), but still nice.

Helvetica Portraits by David Arias.

More roaming through Deviantart.

Not my type: An argument against Helvetica.

I’m glad I’m not the only person whom Helvetica leaves cold. Sorry!

Jannuzzi Smith have organised a presentation, discussion forum, and book launch to mark the publication of Richard Hollis’s new book, Swiss Graphic Design: The Origins and Growth of an International Style, 1920–1965.

And so on. Get the full PDF here.

A page from the thirteenth edition of the VGC (Visual Graphics Corporation) Alphabet Library reference book showing specimens of Heigemeir Bold Open, Hellenic Wide, and various flavours of Helvetica.

Richard MacVicar is displaying a typography gag in his work, which features an eye test that challenges designers to notice the difference between the two typefaces, Arial and Helvetica. Only those who are successful have the right to mock the less popular Arial.