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General Category => The Dead Pool => Topic started by: thehawk on February 28, 2014, 11:46:21 AM

Title: Sans Respirtif
Post by: thehawk on February 28, 2014, 11:46:21 AM
 Mike Parker- godfather of Helvetica  (http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/27/tech/web/helvetica-typographer-dies/index.html?hpt=hp_t3)
Title: Re: Sans Respirtif
Post by: Saul Goodman on February 28, 2014, 02:08:24 PM
Quote from: thehawk on February 28, 2014, 11:46:21 AM
Mike Parker- godfather of Helvetica  (http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/27/tech/web/helvetica-typographer-dies/index.html?hpt=hp_t3)

QuoteEditor's note: Some of the logos in the gallery that accompanies this story did not represent the Helvetica typeface. The gallery has been edited to reflect that.

Way to dishonor the dead, CNN.  Might as well render the story in Arial.

Oh wait.
Title: Re: Sans Respirtif
Post by: Wheezer on March 01, 2014, 01:12:19 PM
I tried twice to watch the documentary. No soap. To quote Bringhurst, "These faces are cultural souvenirs of some of the bleakest days of the Industrial Revolution."
Title: Re: Sans Respirtif
Post by: J. Walter Weatherman on March 01, 2014, 02:57:41 PM
Quote from: Wheezer on March 01, 2014, 01:12:19 PM
I tried twice to watch the documentary. No soap. To quote Bringhurst, "These faces are cultural souvenirs of some of the bleakest days of the Industrial Revolution."

Did you watch long enough to hear Erik Spiekermann explain why he thinks Helvetica is bullshit (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_zh4NyDWZw)?

(Bonus: why Arial and Microsoft are worse (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F691weEVpwc).)