{"id":10157,"date":"2020-09-07T20:30:52","date_gmt":"2020-09-08T00:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kscgd.com\/2020fall\/gdp1\/?p=10157"},"modified":"2020-09-07T20:30:52","modified_gmt":"2020-09-08T00:30:52","slug":"my-helvetica-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kscgd.com\/2020fall\/gdp1\/2020\/09\/07\/my-helvetica-review\/","title":{"rendered":"My Helvetica Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

My response:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Throughout the documentary, I thought there were a lot of good interviews with typographers about their views on the popular font Helvetica. I liked the contrasting opinions they shared, showing that while the history of this font is appreciated, some people wanted something out of the norm again. They wanted anything but Helvetica, because to them it stood for the big corporations, or just simply the bland normalcy of daily life. We are, after all, surrounded by this common font. I\u2019ve never been a huge fan of \u2018average looking\u2019 fonts, but I can better appreciate the simply of Helvetica now that I\u2019m aware of its remarkable history. I must admit there were dull moments in some parts of the movie, but overall I enjoyed the content.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Massimino Vignelli:\"\"<\/strong><\/p>\n

“A good typographer always has good sensitivity about the distance between the letters\u2026 it\u2019s like music – it\u2019s not the notes, it\u2019s the spaces between the notes that makes the music.”<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This was the first quote that really stuck with me when watching the documentary. Massimino\u2019s comparison between spaces in fonts and notes helps make his point that spacing is crucial in many art forms. Spacing is what indicates how legible a typeface will be, as well as how well letters fit next to each other. As with music, what makes it complete is the careful amount of spaces between notes. In all, spacing is what completes a typeface.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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