Helvetica (film)

Helvetica is an independent featurelength documentary film about typography and graphic design, centered on the typeface of the same name. Directed by Gary Hustwit, it was released in 2007 to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the typefaces introduction in 1957 and is considered the first of the Design Trilogy by the director.

Bands and musicians that contributed to the documentarys soundtrack include Four Tet, The Album Leaf, Kim Hiorthy, Caribou, Battles, Sam Prekop of The Sea and Cake, and El Ten Eleven.An edited version of the film was broadcast in the UK on BBC One in November 2007, as part of Alan Yentobs Imagine series. It aired in January 2009 as part of the Independent Lens series on PBS in the United States. ........

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