Helvetica: Homage to a Typeface

Helvetica: Homage to a Typeface
by Lars M?ller

Helvetica: Homage to a Typeface
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Author: Lars M?ller
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2005-01-14
ISBN: 3037780460
Number of pages: 200
Publisher: Lars M?ller Publishers
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Book Review: Watch the movie instead
Summary: 3 Stars

This makes for a good coffee table book, or perhaps bathroom reading, but as a graphic design reference it falls short. Basically just a picture book. The first half is a compendium of various samples of graphic design, some of them really wonderful, all using Helvetica. The second half is a photographic essay showing the font used in the public domain throughout the world. It would have been nice to include some essays from leading writers in the design world on the history of the font, or it's influence, both good and bad, in the visual vernacular. I was inspired to buy it after seeing the film "Helvetica," and found that film to be a much more rewarding experience.

Summary of Helvetica: Homage to a Typeface

Helvetica is not only the preferred typeface of leading professionals, it is also an all-time favourite among the multitude of codes, signals and signs that flavour urban life. This book sings the praises of the honest worker and solo entertainer of typefaces, Helvetica, and of its forgotten creator and all those who have contributed to its unparalleled international march of triumph over the past forty years. Filled with pages of color images of Helvetica in use, from album covers and road signs to advertisements and product packaging, the designs gathered together in honor of Helvetica have been created by superb designers and anonymous amateurs from all over the world. The result is an exciting collection of this icon of modern design.

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