Gary Hustwit’s brilliant documentary tracing the origin, history and controversy surrounding the world’s most ubiquitous typeface is now available for pre-order.

I caught Helvetica’s first Portland screening at the PDX Film Fest back in April, and have been waiting for news of it’s DVD release ever since. If you haven’t had the chance to see Helvetica, I highly recommend keeping an eye out for future screenings and doing so before it leaves the screen.

In the event you miss it, the extras-heavy DVD release promises to be an engrossing experience of it’s own — especially the Deluxe edition which includes: the retail DVD, three letterpressed mini-posters, a color C-print of a still from the film (one of ten different stills) signed by director, two love/hate Helvetica buttons, and a letter of actual Helvetica metal type!

Limited to an edition of 1,000 copies. 999 actually, excluding my own…

Better get on it!

Helvetica: stills, video, blog, shop
Helvetica reviewed: Metropolis / Chicago Tribune / Design Observer

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