Helvetica at 50

The Los Angeles Times recently asked Andrew Hoyem to reflect on a typeface in the news. Here is part of what he wrote: “We love to celebrate anniversaries. In 2007, it's the 50th anniversary of Jack Kerouac's novel On the Road — and the 50th anniversary of a typeface called Helvetica. Amazing! A type of type, an alphabet of a certain style used for printing, is being celebrated for turning half a century old, with an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, a documentary film by Gary Hustwit and lots of attention in the media.”

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