Typophile - Helvetica Forever - New Book - Comments

thanks for the update Indra!

Simon Robertson — Tue, 1 Jul 2008 05:19:23 -0700

thanks for the update Indra!

appears to have afflicted

Nick Shinn — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:12:00 -0700

appears to have afflicted TypeCon.

Actually, that was just placeholding (a suitable use), prior to the implementation of the real deal.

oh dear, wait — I got the

kupfers — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:44:40 -0700

oh dear, wait — I got the year wrong ((how can I edit my post?))
The english edition will be published within the next weeks, 2008 of course.

sorry, Indra

German only... too bad,

David R — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:23:28 -0700

German only... too bad, I’ll spend my money next year i guess.

just came across this

kupfers — Mon, 9 Jun 2008 12:36:48 -0700

just came across this thread, a bit late I have to admit ...

The edition »Helvetica forever« mentioned above is german only and, as earlier stated right, mainly on the history of the typeface, the time and taste of its development, predecessors, clones and influeces; with a lot of original material such as Hoffmann’s notebook of that time with early smoke-proof f.e.
An english edition is/will be published late spring/early summer 2009.

Indra Kupferschmid

Not really a big fan of

Nick Shinn — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 23:02:27 -0800

Not really a big fan of talking head docs, more into behind-the-scenes “making of”.
In that vein, ClearType would have been a good subject.

What Nick wants is a

Ricardo Cordoba — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 22:08:35 -0800

What Nick wants is a documentary on Arial. ;-D

...nonetheless, your movie

Nick Shinn — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:55:20 -0800

...nonetheless, your movie is still infectious, and appears to have afflicted TypeCon.

You should have been

swiss dots — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:09:39 -0800

You should have been quarantined a long time ago.

I’m in the non-contagious phase now...

totally sick of

Nick Shinn — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:41:09 -0800

totally sick of Helvetica

You should have been quarantined a long time ago.

From what I’ve heard, this

swiss dots — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 07:35:11 -0800

From what I’ve heard, this book is largely about the development of Helvetica, with lots of the original material from Haas, and the involvement of Alfred Hoffmann. In the movie, we showed a little bit of footage of material from Hoffmann’s archive. And with Müller publishing it, I’m sure it’ll be well-designed.

I’m totally sick of Helvetica, but I’m looking forward to this book!

Cheers,

-Gary

Note: This book is not from

dan_reynolds — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:38:42 -0800

Note: This book is not from Linotype, but rather about Linotype’s typeface Helvetica.

The book was produced by an external publisher, and Linotype is sellling the book on its website. I’m sure that the publisher will find lots of other venues to sell the book, too. But as you can see, Linotype.com is taking orders now. So why wait for March?

I haven’t seen the book yet, since I’ve been out of Linotype’s offices for a few months already. But I have a feeling that this is quite different to Homage to a typeface. I can’t wait to see it!

I’m inclined to agree,

Ricardo Cordoba — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 19:07:17 -0800

I’m inclined to agree, Simon. Cheers!

I love Homage, so i’ll

Simon Robertson — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:25:54 -0800

I love Homage, so i’ll probably love this one too. I just didn’t know if it was much different, i get the impression this one has a lot more text and it more about the history than just it’s use.

Linoytype has helpfully

Ricardo Cordoba — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:41:18 -0800

Linoytype has helpfully posted some sample pages.

According to Amazon.com, the book will be released in March 2008, and is edited by Lars Müller, also responsible for Homage to a Typeface.

Helvetica Forever - New Book

Simon Robertson — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:16:38 -0800

Does anyone know anything about the new book from Linotype called ’Helvetica Forever’?

http://www.linotype.com/5254/helveticaforeverbook.html

How does it compare to ’Helvetica: Homage to a typeface’?

Cheers