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Culture Buzz Try Helvetica is a design blog that compares Brazil's many hand-painted signs with renderings of the same signs in Helvetica. Courtesy of design firm Noono.com.br. (via laughingsquid.com)
Helvetica is super hot on the BuzzFeed Network right now. Here's all the best viral buzz on Helvetica.
And it brings the search results back in Comic Sans. Good game Google, good game. *Slow clap*
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Let's say you wanted to stretch one “helvetica” over the same distance…at what point size would you need to set it? The answer is 282.6 billion points.
http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/monologues/15comicsans.html
McSweeney's offers us a delightful imagined rant by that most-hated of all fonts. “I'm not just a font. I am a force of motherfucking nature and I will not rest until every uptight armchair typographer cock-hat like you is surrounded by my lovable, comic-book inspired, sans-serif badassery.”
Food Buzz These are way more delicious than Arial cookies, but not quite as delicious as Tahoma cookies (just kidding!). Via SwissMiss.
This is probably old hat for type nerds, but this chart clearly lays out some of the crucial distinctions between Arial and Helvetica. The Q distinctions are especially critical!
Tech Buzz This one goes out to those who live in the overlap of Venn diagrams labeled “good oral hygiene” and “typography lovers.” Keeps your teeth clean and your message clear.
The upcoming trailer for the design documentary, “Objectified,” by Gary Hustwit — who also directed the much-acclaimed design-lovers dream doc, “Helvetica”.
Movie Buzz An new documentary about industrial design from the guy who brought you Helvetica. Gary Hustwit turns his eye for design on the importance of manmade objects in our everyday lives. Design nerds, rejoice.
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