I have a borderline unhealthy love of/addiction to documentaries... and the Netflix Watch Instantly feature is my dealer.


I am now watching Helvetica. A movie about fonts. Actually a movie about ONE font

12/18/2008 12:07:50 AM

I thought this was about the font style

I did not read this thread apparently

12/18/2008 12:08:08 AM

damn i just sent RD an IM about font styles

I'm Big Business and i aproved this message.

12/18/2008 12:08:23 AM

Quote :

"movie about ONE"

12/18/2008 12:08:43 AM

so it's seriously about a font? that sounds unbelievably boring

12/18/2008 12:08:46 AM

epic jinx

12/18/2008 12:08:47 AM

just talking about how its the most commonly used font and you see it everywhere


NY Subway
American Airlines
Bloomingdales

etc


"need for a rational, modern type system that can be used for all situations"

[Edited on December 18, 2008 at 12:10 AM. Reason : d]

12/18/2008 12:10:26 AM

Quote :

"WINGDINGS IN PRODUCTION"

12/18/2008 12:11:23 AM

Quote :

"TIMES NEW ROMAN"

12/18/2008 12:12:02 AM

helvetica is the current trendy font

12/18/2008 12:13:56 AM

what's the difference between it and arial?

12/18/2008 12:13:59 AM

Quote :

"CONFOEDERATIO HELLVETICA JA"

12/18/2008 12:14:10 AM

Quote :

"I PLANE NY"

I've wanted to see this flick for a while, they had a screening @ uconn last year, but i had class

12/18/2008 12:14:18 AM

"Helvetica was a real step from the 19th century type, more machine, doing away with hand made, very neutral, the meaning is in the context of the text itself and not the typeface"


most fonts start with lowercase h and then o

^^^^ I think one thing is Helvetica has horizonal end lines whereas Aerial's are sloped. Fuck I dont know


oh shit! I am a specialist now!

Quote :

"Monotype's Arial, designed in 1982, while different from Helvetica in some few details, has identical character widths, and is indistinguishable by most non-specialists. The capital letters C, G, and R, as well as the lowercase letters a, e, r, and t, are useful for quickly distinguishing Arial and Helvetica.[4] Differences include: * Helvetica's strokes are typically cut either horizontally or vertically. This is especially visible in the t, r, and C. Arial employs slanted stroke cuts. * Helvetica's G has a well-defined spur; Arial does not. * The tails of the R glyphs and the a glyphs are different. "

[Edited on December 18, 2008 at 12:23 AM. Reason : d]

12/18/2008 12:15:28 AM

i can always distinguish helvetica from the lowercase "s" (has perfectly horizontal terminals)


...and thats all ive got to show from 4 years of studio all-nighters.

12/18/2008 12:41:39 AM

yeah, and e and c



whoa, this german dude hates Helvetica

12/18/2008 12:43:43 AM

for a movie about a font, i seem to remember it wasnt all that bad

12/18/2008 12:59:23 AM

yeah, its funny all the infighting there is between font people.


HAHAHAH, dude used dingbat (which I assume is like wingdings) for an entire article in a magazine



[Edited on December 18, 2008 at 1:02 AM. Reason : d]

12/18/2008 1:00:30 AM

jaybee

pm sent

12/18/2008 3:43:07 AM

Microsoft made a lot of knockoff fonts for windows because they didn't want to license existing fonts. It's a sordid history

[Edited on December 18, 2008 at 3:47 AM. Reason : basically, same shit they pull with software]

12/18/2008 3:45:09 AM

you gonna be big?

i think this is the weekend when tww dies

12/18/2008 3:56:23 AM

this is a cool doc

we watched it in my graphic design course with the lesbian that is my best friend / one true homo/hetero-lifemate/love (not to be confused with my girlfriend who is different enough from me that I might create a viable relationship with her)

Helvetica is the preferred font of the MTA
I am very drunk and I have just spent more than 2 hours navigating the MTA and exploring the Helvetica font

12/18/2008 3:59:24 AM

atta boy, field work is always appreciated

12/18/2008 3:13:39 PM

I've always had a love for Helvetica!

I get so sad when it's not installed on computers.

12/18/2008 3:19:48 PM

Garamond FTW.

12/18/2008 3:25:20 PM

Myriad Web Bold pt 11

12/18/2008 3:39:14 PM

if you can tell the difference betweeen fonts or have a favorite font you need to get a life

12/18/2008 3:43:24 PM

Yeah, fuck you designers!

12/18/2008 3:46:01 PM

Charles

Garamond is my choice of serif font.

12/18/2008 3:46:07 PM

i prefer regular font

12/18/2008 3:46:56 PM

this thread makes me

12/18/2008 3:48:01 PM

but really, i like the font. and i'm intrigued by the documentary...

12/18/2008 4:14:37 PM

haha, cool

12/18/2008 4:19:05 PM

it got a little long there at the end, but overall I would recommend

12/19/2008 1:10:07 AM

yeah, that's actually a really good movie

p.s. do you have the roku box? if not, don't get it - you won't be able to stop watching.


also, for the record, my favorite fonts are from the Myriad and Frutiger families

12/19/2008 1:15:59 AM

god dammit, I cant drive by a fucking sign now without looking to see what font it is

12/20/2008 3:58:50 PM

Quote :

"helvetica is the current trendy font"

hasn't it always been and on and off? it was big until the corporations started using it, then it was no longer cool, but now it's trendy again.

12/20/2008 4:11:03 PM

pretty much, and it caught on really fast once it came out

12/20/2008 4:15:47 PM

this will now be the official Jaybee1200 Documentary Thread



tonight, I watched:


Confessions of a Superhero

http://www.therealsuperhero.com/

From website:
CONFESSIONS OF A SUPERHERO is a feature length documentary that chronicles the lives of three mortal men and one woman who make their living working as superhero characters on Hollywood Boulevard.  This deeply personal look into their daily routines reveals their hardships and triumphs as they pursue and achieve their own kind of fame.  The Hulk sold his Super Nintendo for a bus ticket to LA; Wonder Woman was a mid-western homecoming queen; Batman struggles with his anger, while Superman’s psyche is consumed by the Man of Steel.  Although the Walk of Fame is right beneath their feet, their own paths to stardom prove to be long, hard climbs.

Good stuff. Superman is just an obsessive fan, bit of a weirdo, but seems harmless, the Hulk sounds slow, but overall a cool guy (from NC), Wonder Woman is pretty damn hot (from outside of Knoxville) and definitely the most "normal" out of the group, but Batman is fucking psycho, that guy will end up shooting up a McDonalds or something before he dies.

Entertaining stuff, but I have a fascination with dorks/excessive fans... so if you loved Trekkies or American Movie you will love it

[Edited on December 22, 2008 at 3:26 AM. Reason : d]

12/22/2008 3:25:17 AM

12/22/2008 5:04:15 AM

^ ?

12/22/2008 1:46:22 PM

tonight, Girl 27, about a rape cover up at MGM in 1937. I love stories about Hollywood back then, and how things werent at all like they seemed and how fucked up things happened back then just as they do now even though everyone claims that things have gone to hell now

12/28/2008 1:13:24 AM

hmm, it was alright, nothing great, but worth a view

12/28/2008 2:02:00 AM

Helvetica (the movie) is taking forever to download

12/28/2008 2:31:48 AM

where are you getting it from?

12/28/2008 2:40:11 AM

sup wannabe typography nerds

12/28/2008 2:42:48 AM

I have zero typography street cred

12/28/2008 2:43:12 AM

I have a degree in graphic design, I think that makes me a total typography nerd

I have font pillow cases

and I'm getting it from mininova, dicks just aren't seeding

12/28/2008 2:44:32 AM

I'LL SELL you all the cred you need
one bag at a time.

12/28/2008 2:44:53 AM

you would

12/28/2008 2:48:56 AM