Oh HELVETICA!

Last night, I was invited to watch a short documentary film on Helvetica. The film was released in 2007 to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the typeface's introduction in 1957. Now in it's 52nd anniversary, a group of Cebuano graphic designers hosted the film showing with 30 local graphic artists gathered to celebrate and appreciate the universal Swiss-born typeface. The group aims to regularly assemble local artists to share and exchange ideas and knowledge in any design field.

Here's a trailer of the film that I'm talking about:


I think the audio is not loud enough, sorry. Anyway, this is the article that BBC News released during the typeface's 50th birthday.

(Helbotica image above courtesy of typeneu.com)

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