Comments on: Quote from Helvetica http://ryanblock.com/2008/04/quote-from-helvetica/ Editor and technology critic in the midst of founding a new web startup: gdgt. Thu, 22 Mar 2012 20:16:49 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jesse http://ryanblock.com/2008/04/quote-from-helvetica/#comment-101841 Jesse Tue, 13 May 2008 13:06:19 +0000 http://www.ryanblock.com/?p=829#comment-101841 You wouldn't beleive that I got a copy last night and watched it while I ate dinner. I have to say it was a very easy documentary to watch. I'm no typeface whino by any means, but anybody with a pinch of interest in art can appreciate this film. "Hello, it just wouldn't work!" /cuts to montage of it (helvetica) working ;) You wouldn’t beleive that I got a copy last night and watched it while I ate dinner. I have to say it was a very easy documentary to watch. I’m no typeface whino by any means, but anybody with a pinch of interest in art can appreciate this film.

“Hello, it just wouldn’t work!”

/cuts to montage of it (helvetica) working ;)

]]> By: Jesse http://ryanblock.com/2008/04/quote-from-helvetica/#comment-101741 Jesse Mon, 12 May 2008 20:31:42 +0000 http://www.ryanblock.com/?p=829#comment-101741 Thank you, sir. The quest for helvetica begins... Thank you, sir. The quest for helvetica begins…

]]> By: Nick http://ryanblock.com/2008/04/quote-from-helvetica/#comment-101697 Nick Mon, 12 May 2008 17:43:55 +0000 http://www.ryanblock.com/?p=829#comment-101697 It actually is that interesting!. As internet fiends, we see type all day but don't often stop to notice. After you watch the Helvetica film you will be blown away by the millions of public manifestations... My girlfriend and I can't help but laugh and point out each occurrence of Helvetica we see, it's just so burningly obvious. I never ever thought I'd like the movie as much as I did, but it is captivating. It's not necessarily your feel-good summer-blockbusting-superhero-mentary; it's a humanist commentary on visual communication. Go see it. It actually is that interesting!. As internet fiends, we see type all day but don’t often stop to notice. After you watch the Helvetica film you will be blown away by the millions of public manifestations… My girlfriend and I can’t help but laugh and point out each occurrence of Helvetica we see, it’s just so burningly obvious. I never ever thought I’d like the movie as much as I did, but it is captivating. It’s not necessarily your feel-good summer-blockbusting-superhero-mentary; it’s a humanist commentary on visual communication.
Go see it.

]]> By: Jesse http://ryanblock.com/2008/04/quote-from-helvetica/#comment-101603 Jesse Mon, 12 May 2008 04:35:06 +0000 http://www.ryanblock.com/?p=829#comment-101603 Well, I just got schooled on typefaces. Is the documentary really that good or is it an 'acquired taste'? Well, I just got schooled on typefaces. Is the documentary really that good or is it an ‘acquired taste’?

]]> By: Nick http://ryanblock.com/2008/04/quote-from-helvetica/#comment-100417 Nick Tue, 06 May 2008 20:19:50 +0000 http://www.ryanblock.com/?p=829#comment-100417 Helvetica was drawn decades before Arial by a Swiss typographer. Arial is a Microsoft-off of Helvetica. The main differences are barely noticeable by those outside the design world, but they include kerning variations, ligature differentiations, and a few letter tails being styled differently (most recognizable difference is between the two capital 'R' characters, type it both in Helvetica and Arial and you'll see). Helvetica, unlike Arial, garners the unique distinction of worldwide prominence in actual design and civic use. Ryan, I'm glad someone else saw that movie! It's hard to take myself seriously when I remember watching an hour-plus documentary of a typeface. Wasn't it awesome? Helvetica was drawn decades before Arial by a Swiss typographer. Arial is a Microsoft-off of Helvetica. The main differences are barely noticeable by those outside the design world, but they include kerning variations, ligature differentiations, and a few letter tails being styled differently (most recognizable difference is between the two capital ‘R’ characters, type it both in Helvetica and Arial and you’ll see).

Helvetica, unlike Arial, garners the unique distinction of worldwide prominence in actual design and civic use.

Ryan, I’m glad someone else saw that movie! It’s hard to take myself seriously when I remember watching an hour-plus documentary of a typeface. Wasn’t it awesome?

]]> By: Jesse http://ryanblock.com/2008/04/quote-from-helvetica/#comment-98401 Jesse Sun, 04 May 2008 08:04:42 +0000 http://www.ryanblock.com/?p=829#comment-98401 So what are the differences, if any between helvetica and arial? Other than the fact that helvetica sounds 69% cooler than arial, of course. So what are the differences, if any between helvetica and arial?

Other than the fact that helvetica sounds 69% cooler than arial, of course.

]]> By: Vance http://ryanblock.com/2008/04/quote-from-helvetica/#comment-95307 Vance Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:53:50 +0000 http://www.ryanblock.com/?p=829#comment-95307 Sorry, OT, but I saw the picture of your espresso machine and grinder on Veronica's site (Flickr feed) and we need a review here soon after all that advice! Looks weird seeing my grinder on your counter! :0) I want that Sylvia, though! Sorry, OT, but I saw the picture of your espresso machine and grinder on Veronica’s site (Flickr feed) and we need a review here soon after all that advice! Looks weird seeing my grinder on your counter! :0) I want that Sylvia, though!

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