Digital Illustration Project: Creepy Sherlock Text Fill

Digital Illustration Project: Creepy Sherlock

Helvetica Movie Questions

1.     Helvetica originates from the country Switzerland.

2.     Its original Latin translation is literally, “Switzerland”, or “the Swish type face”.

3.     Helvetica was created in the year 1957.

4.     Four designers that appear in the movie Helvetica are Rick Poyner, Matthew Carter, Michael Bierut, and Jonathan Hoefler.

A)     Rick Poyner is a writer on typography and many other subjects. One example of his work would be his book, “More  Dark Than Shark”. His personal blog is here:  http://blog.eyemagazine.com/?tag=rick-poynor

B)      Matthew Carter is a type designer, or someone who designs type faces. Here's some examples of the typefaces he’s created:

A catalogue of his fonts can be found: http://www.myfonts.com/person/Matthew_Carter/

C) Micheal Bierut is a designer and educator. An example of his work is:

You can find his autobiography here: http://www.aiga.org/medalist-michaelbierut/

D) Jonathan Hoefler is a type face designer, or someone who designs type faces. An example of his work is:

His typography site can be found at this location: http://www.typography.com/