Monotype — yes, Monotype — Helvetica, 1971
Eric Spiekermann’s most overrated things in graphic design
GReat Ways to Differentiate Helvetica from Arial, a print by George Drury.
Helvetica and the New York City Subway System - WSJ.com
Mr. Shaw is irritated with the widespread belief that the modern New York subway system has always been associated with the Swiss typeface Helvetica. This misperception was fueled by the attention the typeface received in 2007 on the 50th anniversary of its introduction, especially in Gary Hust wit’s “Helvetica,” a documentary survey of the astonishing ubiquity of a lettering style that appears over the entrances of American Apparel and Staples, on Lufthansa airplanes and New York City garbage trucks, on Comme des Garçons bags, and, yes, on New York subway signs. But the last, as Mr. Shaw shows, was not always so.
Work by Atipo, a Spanish studio (via The Atlantic).
‘T’ Shirts from Masashi Kawamura
‘T’ shirts are T shirts that was designed to have the silhouette of 5 famous typefaces; Helvetica, Caslon, Baskerville, Courier, and Cooper Black.
To Hell With Helvetica t-shirt, available from DeathGob
