Look! Helvetica and Arial are quite similar, but there are some important differences.
(Also see the Arial vs. Helvetica quiz in the sidebar!)
What were some of your favorite moments in the film Helvetica, and who were your favorite people? What use of Helvetica surprised you most?
There is a great website for the film that you can check out as a refresher to some of its content.
The list of people who appeared in the film:
Erik Spiekermann
Matthew Carter
Massimo Vignelli
Wim Crouwel
Hermann Zapf
Neville Brody
Stefan Sagmeister
Michael Bierut
David Carson
Paula Scher
Jonathan Hoefler & Tobias Frere-Jones
Experimental Jetset
Michael C. Place
Norm
Rick Poynor
Lars Müller
You can use the film and the people who appeared in it as inspiration for a blog post! I've already seen numerous responses to the film itself... now, who would like to investigate further some of the designers and others? Many you'll find to be very important players in the design world.
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