Helvetica, a Swiss Dots production in association with Veer ; a film by Gary Hustwit ; produced and directed by Gary Hustwit ; [DVD credits: producer, Matt Grady ; English transcription, Brigid Hughes ; German translation; Jörg Petri]
Type
Label
Helvetica, a Swiss Dots production in association with Veer ; a film by Gary Hustwit ; produced and directed by Gary Hustwit ; [DVD credits: producer, Matt Grady ; English transcription, Brigid Hughes ; German translation; Jörg Petri]
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
Helvetica
Medium
videorecording
Responsibility statement
a Swiss Dots production in association with Veer ; a film by Gary Hustwit ; produced and directed by Gary Hustwit ; [DVD credits: producer, Matt Grady ; English transcription, Brigid Hughes ; German translation; Jörg Petri]
Runtime
80
Summary
Helvetica is a documentary film 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. An exploration of urban spaces and the type that inhabits them, Helvetica invites us to take a second look at the thousands of words we see every day
Technique
live action
Classification
Subject
- Documentary films
- Type and type-founding + Digital techniques
- Graphic arts
- DVD-Video discs
- Type and type-founding -- Switzerland -- 20th century
- Type and type-founding + History -- 20th century
- Sans serif type
- Nonfiction films
- Type and type-founding + Design
- Helvetica type
- Typographers
- Graphic design (Typography)
- Visual communication
Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Contributor4
- Genre3
- Subject13
- Documentary films
- Type and type-founding + Digital techniques
- Graphic arts
- DVD-Video discs
- Type and type-founding -- Switzerland -- 20th century
- Type and type-founding + History -- 20th century
- Sans serif type
- Nonfiction films
- Type and type-founding + Design
- Helvetica type
- Typographers
- Graphic design (Typography)
- Visual communication