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Helvetica

  • 2007
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 20m
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7.2/10
8.2K
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Helvetica (2007)
Helvetica is a feature-length documentary about typography, graphic design and global visual culture. It looks at the proliferation of one typeface as part of a larger conversation about the way type affects our lives.
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A documentary about typography, graphic design, and global visual culture.A documentary about typography, graphic design, and global visual culture.A documentary about typography, graphic design, and global visual culture.

  • Director
    • Gary Hustwit
  • Stars
    • Manfred Schulz
    • Massimo Vignelli
    • Rick Poynor
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    • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
    8.2K
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    • Director
      • Gary Hustwit
    • Stars
      • Manfred Schulz
      • Massimo Vignelli
      • Rick Poynor
    • 38User reviews
    • 31Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 3 nominations

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    Trailer 1:39
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    Manfred Schulz
    • Self
    Massimo Vignelli
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    Rick Poynor
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    Wim Crouwel
    • Self
    Matthew Carter
    • Self
    Alfred Hoffmann
    • Self
    Mike Parker
    • Self
    Otmar Hoefer
    • Self
    Bruno Steinert
    • Self
    Hermann Zapf
    • Self
    Michael Bierut
    • Self
    Leslie Savan
    • Self
    Tobias Frere-Jones
    • Self
    Jonathan Hoefler
    • Self
    Erik Spiekermann
    • Self
    Neville Brody
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    Lars Müller
    • Self
    Paula Scher
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    • Director
      • Gary Hustwit
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    • Quotes

      Massimo Vignelli: You can say, "I love you," in Helvetica. And you can say it with Helvetica Extra Light if you want to be really fancy. Or you can say it with the Extra Bold if it's really intensive and passionate, you know, and it might work.

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      Thinking Loudly
      Written and Performed by El Ten Eleven
      Vopar Music/Go Champale Music
      Courtesy of Bar/None Records

    User reviews38

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    9/10

    Watch and learn what our fonts say about us

    This movie is brilliant. It's a documentary about the creation of the Helvetica font, sure. But it's also: a musing on the history of modern graphic design. A diatribe (by some) about a font seen as style-killingly ubiquitous. A visit to favorite graphic designs of years past. A reflection about what our fonts say about us.

    If you are a graphic designer, you'll love it. If you live with a graphic designer, you'll shake your head and say, "Yup" in recognition. If you don't pay any attention to graphic design, you may think about it just a tiny bit more after seeing this movie. And you will definitely come out of it with SOME opinion about the Helvetica font.
    • barbheninger
    • Sep 17, 2008
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    • Release date
      • September 12, 2007 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Official sites
      • Official site
      • Official site (Japan)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Гельветика
    • Production companies
      • Veer
      • Swiss Dots
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $21,680
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 20 minutes
    • Color
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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