Ep 4 - Helvetica Now
Put on your listening glasses and get ready for the first major Helvetica revision in 35 years! Monotype foundry has been busy perfecting 3 new iterations of this iconic font for use in the modern digital era. Discover the history of written language as we know it, chart the course of the development of mechanical type, and follow us all the way up to computer vector graphics and, finally, Helvetica Now!
This episode features music from the following artists (in order of appearance):
Mac Woodruff - "Vis Insita"
Find Mac Woodruff's music at Bandcamp and on Soundcloud
Kneebody - "Dr. Beauchef, Penguin Dentist"
Find Kneebody at https://www.kneebody.com/ and on Spotify
Eero Johannes - "Lipton Service Boy"
Find Eero Johannes's music on Soundcloud and Spotify
Special thanks to Gary Hustwit for allowing us to feature an excerpt of an interview for this episode. Find out more about Gary by visiting https://www.hustwit.com/. Watch the film 'Helvetica' here.
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