Helvetica // Born in Switzlerland
There’s a much debated story of how Helvetica truly came to be. Regardless of it’s back story, it’s hard to deny how much of an impact it has had on our designed world. Helvetica was created by Max Meidinger in Münchenstein, Switzerland in 1957. You can find the lengthy (mostly true) story here. For those of you who are truly interested in the history and impact of Helvetica, there is even a documentary film about it, which in my opinion, is excellent. To give my regards to the famed typeface, I decided to make a poster for my office that told the story of Helvetica all contained within the Swiss Cross.
From a distance the poster just looks like it is faintly printed, but upon closer inspection the story is clearly legible, albeit quite small. It was a fun to work at getting the type size and leading just the proper size to create the cross, yet not manipulate the story to make it fit.
