A Must-See Film?

J. Carter Wood, over at Obscene Desserts, draws our attention to the oft-overlooked art of typography. It’s always seemed strange to me that something so ubiquitous can also be something so unnoticed – its effects being wrought often at almost an unconscious level, as if by some strange osmosis.

 

Apparently, the Helvetica font turns 50 this year, and as JCW writes, there is even to be a documentary about it. And it’s feature-length, too. Ye gods – I can easily imagine dedicated typographers having the attention span to be able to sit through this (they seem at times to be a pretty obsessive bunch), but us ordinary mortals?

 

Oh – and check out the article by Mark Simonson on Arial; it’s definitely worth reading.