Helvetica - 50th Anniversary

Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Helvetica
~ lettering that is both familiar and invisible

Light a candle, woodja or make a site visit or check out some books:

An exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York

Documentary film by Gary Hustwit – Helvetica
~ screenings, info, etc.

Haiku contest – March 23 was the deadline; winners posted soon

~ take a look at some of the submissions posted

Oh Helvetica !
Your umlaut looks like a ring
Of precious diamonds

Love/Hate Helvetica Contest
~ an ode, a rant, whatever – up to 200 words long

Gutenberg Galaxy: The Making of Typographic Man
Marshall Marshall McLuhan
~ the medium IS the message
~ the invention of printing press technology and the sharp rise in literacy it occasioned brought about a major seismic shift in Western thought
University of Toronto Press, 1962
ISBN: 0802060412

Coming of the Book: The Impact of Printing 1450-1800
Lucien Febvre, Henri-Jean Martin (With)
~ a taken-for-granted aspect of the words that people read.
Analytical Psychology Club, SF, 1997
ISBN: 1859841082

Letter Jesters
Cathryn Falwell
~ 2 little jesters, Alfonzo and Betty, and their dog, Typo; introduce children to typography.
Houghton Mifflin, 1994
ISBN: 0395668980

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