The only thing I really liked was Erik’s part. As always he leveraged the documentary … at least a bit.

I loved it. :-)
But then again: I didn’t know many of the people featured/interviewed.
I’m looking forward to having time to watch the bonus DVD - I hope for much more of Erik Spiekermanns ramblings.
“In a sans serif design many try to make the letters look similar. Why? Why would they want the letters to look like each other!?”
Classic. :-D

They’re showing it in Seattle this week, and I’ve thought about going again. But I probably won’t. It’s weird, because now all of the trendy “designers” have caught on to the film and think they are hip and “into” fonts because they’ve seen the film.

Really, it’s quite sad. The movie was good, and the guys involved in it were good, but I don’t know if it’s a “second time on the big screen” movie. Maybe I’ll go just to network.

I thought it was fabulous, and bought the DVD, which is even better. Not only do you have very amusing additional interviews, but you can skip through all those shots of that damn Helvetica!

I loved it and also the DVD extras. Can’t get enough Spiekermann.

Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the video store... Helvetica blu-ray - http://www.helveticafilm.com/blog/2008/03/05/blu-wednesday/

Does the bluray edition come with enhanced explosions and chase scenes?

I don’t have a blu-ray player but I want to get one now because of that package design :)

I saw it at NWFF in Seattle this week, after seeing it on DVD. The audience seemed to be pretty into it, although I’d guess probably 50% were designers. The head of our local AIGA chapter even gave away a Helvetica poster to the first person who could produce something from their pocket with Helvetica on it — it took about 5 seconds for a winner to pop up.

My non-designer friend I saw it with liked the interviews, particularly with the more cantankerous designers like Massimo Vignelli and Erik Spiekermann, but felt the ending kind of fell apart. I’d have to agree with that. I was expecting something more poignant at the end, and it kind of fell flat. There was this build-up to show Helvetica as a microcosm of 20th century western thinking, but it never came full circle.

>Does the bluray edition come with enhanced explosions and chase scenes?

Think of the DVD as the PostScript Type 1 font and the bluray as the OpenType Pro version of the same font.

Coming soon: Helvetica in 3D!

72p, here are two other Typophile threads devoted to the film:

http://www.typophile.com/node/27479

http://www.typophile.com/node/35686

Thank you Ricardo, I new this couldn’t have been the first discussion but I could not find those you pointed out before.

If you