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Tue Jan-29-08 04:06 PM
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Anybody seen the documentary film "Helvetica?" |
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Yep. You guessed it. It's about a the evelopment of a FONT. A frickin' TYPEFACE. My daughter, a graphic designer, tells me it's a great film. Sounds to me like watching paint dry. Has anyone here seen it? What did you think?
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Tue Jan-29-08 04:06 PM
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1. Not exactly my cup of tea!! |
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Tue Jan-29-08 04:10 PM
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2. You have to be into that particular type of movie |
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Tue Jan-29-08 04:20 PM
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5. I like documentaries, generally |
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Not sure about this one.
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Tue Jan-29-08 04:13 PM
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3. It was good.. I am a typography nerd. |
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It was on Google Video for a few days but they took it down.
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Tue Jan-29-08 04:20 PM
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4. I've seen it 93,000 times. |
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Tue Jan-29-08 04:23 PM
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7. Actually, that thread is what reminded me to ask about this film. |
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I figured if there are people here who actually collect fonts, there ought to be somebody who has seen the film!
:rofl:
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Tue Jan-29-08 04:31 PM
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13. I love fonts, and am sorta obsessed with fonts? |
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...but I don't collect them. Although I have books dealing with graphics from the 19th and 20th centuries. I have heard nothing but great things about the film (which I have not seen). I collect books, and I used to be a magazine editor. Fonts are something I truly appreciate, and used to deal with regularly. I'm currently writing a novel and am starting to obsess a bit about the font when it's published: the cover, the text, etc. I need some control over those choices! But probably won't get them. I DO mean to see the film as soon as possible.
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Tue Jan-29-08 05:20 PM
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21. Well, I don't "collect" them, but I've bought a whole bunch for my work. And if you NEED to |
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work with them, it's best to study them (like anything else). It can be a fascinating subject (at least as fascinating as a subject can be on a professional level).
I can't afford to use cheap fonts, so the ones I do use tend to have some interesting history / methodology behind them.
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Tue Jan-29-08 04:22 PM
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Tue Jan-29-08 04:25 PM
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8. I cannot underscore that statement more emphatically. |
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Tue Jan-29-08 04:26 PM
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Tue Jan-29-08 05:15 PM
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19. However, at times, it had No Style. |
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Tue Jan-29-08 04:26 PM
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10. I haven't seen it, but would like to |
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Helvetica is arguably the biggest breakthrough in type design ever. I'm taking a wild guess, here, but I bet it is the most used typeface in the world.
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Tue Jan-29-08 04:27 PM
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11. And a dreadful typeface at that. It just SCREAMS "1970s!!" |
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Tue Jan-29-08 05:01 PM
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16. My resume is in Comic Sans.. Should I change it? |
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Tue Jan-29-08 05:14 PM
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18. I can't picture what it looks like offhand. If you're asking seriously, I'd go with Optima. |
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Or New Century Schoolbook for a serif face.
But if you weren't serious (I get confused these days so sometimes I can't tell), never mind.
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Tue Jan-29-08 05:58 PM
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26. Only when hack designers don't give a damn. It can be quite graceful |
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Tue Jan-29-08 04:30 PM
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12. My husband watched it at his WORK. |
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He said it was excellent. :shrug:
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Tue Jan-29-08 04:49 PM
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14. I would probably touch myself while I watched it. |
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I love fonts. I use them all day, every day in my line of work.
In grade school I used to sketch new fonts instead of drawing planes and race cars like the other boys.
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Tue Jan-29-08 05:00 PM
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15. I'm not sure there is even a kern-el of truth to this rumor, but |
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I heard Omar Sharif was going to be one of the leading characters, but in the end it was made sans Sharif.
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Tue Jan-29-08 05:16 PM
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20. Ouch, ouch OUCH! "Sans Sharif?" You're killing me, here. Great pun; thanks for the laugh. |
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Tue Jan-29-08 05:59 PM
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Tue Jan-29-08 05:02 PM
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17. It does...pica...my interest... |
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Tue Jan-29-08 05:29 PM
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22. Gawd, you Lounge Lizards crack me up!!!! |
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Great puns, all!!
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Tue Jan-29-08 05:50 PM
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23. I really should get the lead out and go see it, |
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Tue Jan-29-08 05:50 PM
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24. was that the one produced by Jethro Bodini? n/t |
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Tue Jan-29-08 05:56 PM
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25. It's totally ironic you should mention this |
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I'm sitting next to a poster for the film that I checked out waiting for my email to load. :P
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Tue Jan-29-08 06:03 PM
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28. I'd rather see a 'Dateline' exposé |
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on why Windows comes with like 120 fonts but you can throw out 117 of 'em because of look-alikes. x(
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Tue Jan-29-08 06:36 PM
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29. sad that we now associate that word with a font, rather than the beloved swiss |
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