Helvetica: Homage to a Typeface
|
List Price: Our Price: $5.14 You Save: $19.86 (79%) Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Buy Used: from $5.11 (click here) Category: Book See more book details and other editions |
|---|
Book Reviews of Helvetica: Homage to a Typeface
Book Review: classicq
Summary: 5 Stars
wish this book will be re-printed again but at least in double size. this book is a very good inspiration to gian simplicity in graphic design. the book is very small with small images. I hope the next edition will be more big size to enjoy the large view of a beautiful design creations like those in this book with just one font: helvetica.Book Review: Great book
Summary: 5 Stars
I love this book. Although i has a poor binding and it's kinda small ( i expected bigger book) i really love it. It has a lot of pictures with usage of helvetica.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.