Helvetica (2007)

Directed by

Gary Hustwit

Genre

documentary film

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 20m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 178 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary tells the story of the Helvetica typeface. It explores how the font became so widely used and how it shaped graphic design.

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What happens

Helvetica is a 2007 American independent feature-length documentary film about typography and graphic design, centered on the Helvetica typeface. Directed by Gary Hustwit, it was released in 2007 to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the typeface's introduction in 1957 and is considered the first of the Design Trilogy by the director. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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