So I just bought this great documentary on Amazon. Options

[mipadi]

It's called Helvetica, and it's about the history of the typeface Helvetica. I prefer Helvetica Neue myself, which is why I splash it all over my website, but Helvetica is great, too. I know this documentary is amazing as well, because I've already seen it, and it was good enough for me to fork over $20 for my own copy (and even good enough for me to not pirate it, but actually give the creators some money). On the surface, it's an in-depth look at font of great historical importance, but it's much deeper than that. It's about the interplay of typography, graphic design, and art, and moreover it's about subtlety -- how even a slight change to something like a typeface (or something greater than a typeface) can make all the difference in the world.

Has anyone else seen this documentary?

[*makeup-teddy*]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHH MY GOSH, i cant believe i waited a few days to open this thread!!

my teacher in graphic design last year made me watch this.
i LOVE it actually. nerdy i think, for liking a documentary,but it was AMAZING.

even if you dont like documentaries, i recommend this! I actually might buy it if i can... >.>
<.<

ANYWAY, it really made me pay attention to fonts and every way advertisement is put in front of us, and why it is that way. Its actually what made me want to take a step further into graphic design.

it also made me realize how oblivious i was to everything around me -___-
i've changed~

[NoSex]

i LOVE it actually. nerdy i think, for liking a documentary,but it was AMAZING.

liking documentaries isn't nerdy... there isn't anything nerdy about LAND OF SILENCE AND DARKNESS or THE THIN BLUE LINE or SYMBIOPSYCHOTAXIPLASM or NIGHT AND FOG or SALESMAN or like... any good documentaries.