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arial & helvetica -or- helvetica & arial
on friday, i hosted a screening of helvetica for some buddies of mine that didn’t know that there were other typefaces besides times new roman. it turns out, there ARE other typefaces and one of them is helvetica (and another of them is papyrus.)
the documentary does not explore the relationship between helvetica and microsoft’s derivative, arial. so to help ignite the post-viewing dialogue, i made this supplement illustrating the key differences in letterforms. however, in place of any spirited debate, my buddies decided instead to take turns delivering roundhouses to my jaw, saying “a documentary about a font is as interesting as it sounds.” i could not agree more.
I love the polar connotations of “a documentary about a font is as interesting as it sounds.” Personally I am on the side of the roundhousers.
i’m actually kind of interested in this, never really thought about it, but now i’m thinking about it and liking it.
