由独立制片人导演Gary Hustwit执导拍摄的纪录片《传奇字体》,讲述了Helvetica字体从起源诞生到它的特性和影响力,影片访谈了不同时期的老中青三代设计师,畅谈这款简洁、直接、醒目的传奇字体背后的故事。 1957年,新字体Helvetica由麦克斯·米耶丁格和爱德华德·霍夫曼在瑞士Münchenstein的哈斯铸造所作为排版铅字制作。新的工业化时代正在来临,这种容易辨识和阅读的字体形式更适应快节奏的生活和工业化生产的需要,很快风靡世界。2007年,Helvetica字体诞生满五十周年。Helvetica字体已然存在于我们随处可见的任何一处角落,几乎成为了工业文明和机械化的象征。
You've never heard of Jonathan Hoefler or Tobias Frere-Jones but you've seen their work. They run the most successful and respected type design studio in the world, making fonts used by the Wall Street Journal to the President of the United States.
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We are surrounded by types, the words on signs, buses, shops and documents which guide us through our lives. Two types in particular are regarded as the faces of Britain - Johnston and Gill Sans. Their story is told by typeface expert Mark Ovenden.