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Helvetica can be nice

Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 16 April, 2008 to the design and art subset

Helvetica can be nice Another plug for one of my favourite fonts, Helvetica. In fact you're looking at it right now - it's the default font displayed on disassociated - if installed on your system that is. Incidentally I love the by-line of the SpiekerBlog: This blog has not been very active of late because I was too ambitious, trying only to publish what I thought was really relevant. From now ... Read full entry

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Lego Celebrates 50 Years of Building

Posted by John Lampard on Sunday, 3 February, 2008 to the comment subset

Lego Celebrates 50 Years of Building Hot on the heels of the Helvetica font's half century, another classic cultural icon celebrates its 50th birthday this year, none other than Lego building bricks. It was at 1:58 p.m. on January 28, 1958, that then-Lego head Godtfred Kirk Christiansen filed a patent for the iconic plastic brick with its stud-and-hole design. Since then, the company has made a staggering 400 billion ... Read full entry

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Helvetica NOW poster design contest

Posted by John Lampard on Friday, 9 November, 2007 to the design and art subset

Helvetica is one of my favourite fonts. Mine and a billion other people most likely. If you have "helv" installed on your computer then you are looking at this classic font as you read this post. To mark the 50th anniversary of the Helvetica typeface, Linotype is hosting a contest to celebrate the milestone, and has created a ... Read full entry

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