There’s a documentary out of late, name of Helvetica, on the 50th anniversary of the ubiquitous sans-serif typeface. And I want to see it, though Becky just rolls her eyes.  So I guess I’m waiting until she’s out of town and renting it then.

Anyway. I’m looking at the film’s website and something seems a little odd to me. I look at the page source to find the style sheets info, and sure enough:

p.body {
font-size: 10px;
font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans;
letter-spacing: 0px;
color: #333333;
line-height: 13px;
}

p.ads {
font-size: 10px;
font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans;
letter-spacing: 0px;
color: #333333;
line-height: 13px;
}


1. 
   Auguste 2007 04 23 at 3:37:26 am

   Yeah, but only communists and subversives have Verdana installed on their computer, anyway.

2. 
   jean 2007 04 23 at 12:03:25 pm

   i’d see it with you. where’s it playing?

3. 
   virgotex 2007 04 23 at 2:09:14 pm

   Sounds like my kinda movie.

4. 
   Jym 2007 04 24 at 1:35:17 pm

   =v= Maybe we could have a bachelor party someday to furtively watch some typography vids.

   Helvetica suffers on Windows, no doubt due to the overarching evil at Microsoft to promote Arial.  (Personally I never mention either of them in my stylesheets, since “sans-serif” will default to the best-looking one.)

5. 
   ellenbrenna 2007 04 25 at 5:37:15 pm

   There is already a book devoted to Helvetica, designed by Lars Mueller.

   http://www.lars-mueller-publishers.com/e/katalog/ausgaben_detail/081/081_helvetica.php

   I have not read that one but I have read other books designed by Mr. Mueller.

6. 
   ellenbrenna 2007 04 25 at 5:40:49 pm

   In future I must click through to the link before writing the first thing that pops in my head.

   Apologies