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Watch the documentary. Helvetica is like air, or water. It's the font when you choose don't want to choose a font, because It says absolutely nothing.
by rkuykendall-com 13y ago
Watch the documentary. Helvetica is like air, or water. It's the font when you choose don't want to choose a font, because It says absolutely nothing.
- 80 13y agoIn theory. In reality it's got a ton of cultural baggage.
- bluthru 13y agoThat's an opinion, not fact. I'd say it's closer to vanilla: So versatile and distinct that it was elevated to ubiquity. Your average person would have a hard time telling you when helvetica was created or when vanilla ice cream was created. That's an achievement.
- ChristianBundy 13y agoThat's an opinion, not fact.
- bluthru 13y agoNever claimed it to be one.
- midas007 13y agoUbiquity is itself a message. Each font has a personality that effects the impression of a work. So there's no escaping a work sending no message at all, except by not meeting deadlines. :)
- iratedev 13y ago> because It says absolutely nothing. Much like your post