- Helvetica is a full-length documentary film about typography and graphic design.
- It is directed Gary Hastwit. Produced by Gary Hastwit and Swiss Dots Veer.
- It consists of a history of typeface by interviews with leading graphic and type designers.
- The film aims to show Helvetica's beauty and ubiquity, illuminate the personalities that are behind typefaces.
- It also explores the difference between modernists and postmodernists with the latter expressing and explaining their criticisms of the famous typeface.
- It is released in 12th September 2007 in United States in English language.
Interviewees:
- Manfred Schulz
- Massimo Vignelli
- Rick Poynor
- Wim Crouwel
- Matthew Carter
- Alfred Hoffmann, Eduard Hoffmann's son
- Mike Parker Linotype's typographic development director.
- Otmar Hoefer
- Bruno Steiert
- Hermann Zapf
- Michael Bierut
- Leslie Savan
- Tobias Frere-Jones
- Jonathan Hoefler
- Erik Spiekermann
- Neville Brody
- Lars Müller
- Paula Scher
- Stefan Sagmeister
- David Carson
- Experimental Jetset
- Michael C. Place
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