Helvetica, the Spiekermann blog and feeling i'm not alone

I'm a geek.  I admit it.  I embrace it.  Who else would be home with a fever, relishing election returns on the TV while watching a documentary about Helvetica on the MacBook and browsing type designer Erik Spiekermann's blog on the side?

Oh, you do it too?  You're my kind of people.

I can't recommend Helvetica enough to type junkies.  Or wanna-be type junkies.  Or folks that haven't considered that typography is an art form.  It's a rich look at the history of the typeface everyone recognizes. 

Erik Spiekermann, noted typographer, was interviewed about the impact of Helvetica.  As he was talking about it I decided to google him and found my way to his blog.  Really fascinating stuff.  But the thing that I found most heartening - I am not the only one who is was intimidated about facing a potentially global reading audience.

http://www.spiekermann.com/mten/

Just get thoughts out there.  No pretense.  It's hard to be that open, but what is the cost of the alternative?  Just write...

Comments

[Darius K.]

I saw Helvetica a few months ago. Wonderful documentary!

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