Mar 24, 2009
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Webdesigner Depot published another awesome compilation – this time, they showcased 40 excellent logos created with Helvetica. Helvetica was developed in 1957 by Max Miedinger with Eduard Hoffmann in Switzerland, making it a 50+ year old typeface that is still growing strong today. Helvetica is a neutral typeface that had great clarity, had no intrinsic meaning in its form, and could be used on a wide variety of signage – the later part is very well substantiated by the fact that most of the 40 logos created with Helvetica are from popular companies or groups.
Notable examples include: Toyoto, Microsoft and Skype. For more, check out the article!
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Terry Mun (Teddy)
I'm relatively new to the design world - only to start learning HTML in secondary school and then moving on to (X)HTML and CSS in college. Since then I have been hand-coding my designs using notepad, alongside with the amazing help from Firebug. I embrace photography as a personal persuit during my free time, and I prefer spending the rest of it doing meaningless quizzes on Facebook and destroying the world (in Rampage World Tour, that is).
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seriously..i never thought about helvetica used in so many logo designs…maybe Noktah Hitam knew about this..haha
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I love the poster… I wish I could come up with all these great Helvetica ideas too!
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oh cool. now i feel like making my own HELVETICA logo! woooO!
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@|1f34|-|1r3: Same here! I wasn’t until I read the article that I realize how common Helvetica is in the real world. I only knew that it was the default “fall-back” font for CSS font-face declarations back then, heh!
@Katy: The poster is actually a real poster of a film titled “Helvetica”. I’m yet to watch it though! The companies did modify the font face a little, and used derivatives of it, but they’re all derived from the original Helvetica. Wow.
@sue: Now? Haha! Show us when you’re done!
I just watched the Helvetica film a few days ago and it inspired me to write a post about all of the famous logos that use it.
I’ll be launching the blog tomorrow (Aug 26th), click on my name and check it out!
PS. Great stuff so far Teddy, I’m fairly new to the design industry as well but can tell you’re on the right track. Keep it up. I’ve got a few friends doing exchange programs in Singapore too, drop my name if you meet anyone from the University of Western Ontario!
Cheers