Comments on: “Helvetica” http://ultaseedha.com.pk/2008/09/04/helvetica/ Bits of this. Bits of that. Basically, just topsy-turvy. Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:57:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ڈفر http://ultaseedha.com.pk/2008/09/04/helvetica/#comment-14986 ڈفر Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:06:15 +0000 http://ultaseedha.com.pk/?p=259#comment-14986 [p:ur]غلطی ماف پر منوں تے ککھ سمج نی لگی[/p] غلطی ماف پر منوں تے ککھ سمج نی لگی

]]> By: Saadat http://ultaseedha.com.pk/2008/09/04/helvetica/#comment-11943 Saadat Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:12:19 +0000 http://ultaseedha.com.pk/?p=259#comment-11943 Lubz, Ah. That is why I advocate the use of a simple text editor. Even for the laziest person in the world. :P Hina, Good to see another Lucida Grande fan! I have never really liked the Lucida Sans family of fonts. They seem rather inferior to Lucida Grande, and there's a sort of cleanliness that is there in Lucida Grande, but not in Lucida Sans. As for Microsoft, "Helvetica" didn't have any shot of its logo (probably because most type and graphic designers use Macs!), but Microsoft does pop up in the interviews (and in interesting ways). And do get your hands on "Helvetica". I had downloaded it through a torrent; it might still have active seeds. (I know, piracy sucks.) Lubz,
Ah. That is why I advocate the use of a simple text editor. Even for the laziest person in the world. :P

Hina,
Good to see another Lucida Grande fan! I have never really liked the Lucida Sans family of fonts. They seem rather inferior to Lucida Grande, and there’s a sort of cleanliness that is there in Lucida Grande, but not in Lucida Sans. As for Microsoft, “Helvetica” didn’t have any shot of its logo (probably because most type and graphic designers use Macs!), but Microsoft does pop up in the interviews (and in interesting ways).

And do get your hands on “Helvetica”. I had downloaded it through a torrent; it might still have active seeds. (I know, piracy sucks.)

]]> By: Hina http://ultaseedha.com.pk/2008/09/04/helvetica/#comment-11929 Hina Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:00:31 +0000 http://ultaseedha.com.pk/?p=259#comment-11929 Great commentary, Saadat. I absolutely adore Lucida Grande. Though windows has Lucida Sans Unicode and Lucida Sans as alternatives to Lucide Grande but they are not without faults. Helvetica definitely is better than Arial. Why talk about PIA when mircrosoft too is set in Helvetica? I still have not been able to get my hands on that movie. Great commentary, Saadat. I absolutely adore Lucida Grande. Though windows has Lucida Sans Unicode and Lucida Sans as alternatives to Lucide Grande but they are not without faults. Helvetica definitely is better than Arial. Why talk about PIA when mircrosoft too is set in Helvetica? I still have not been able to get my hands on that movie.

]]> By: Lubz http://ultaseedha.com.pk/2008/09/04/helvetica/#comment-11901 Lubz Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:42:14 +0000 http://ultaseedha.com.pk/?p=259#comment-11901 Oh..thats easy to explain..you see, I'm one of the most lazyest person in the world :P often I write my posts on Word Doc which is set on Times New Roman by default and I seldom change it while pasting it on wordpress post :) Oh..thats easy to explain..you see, I’m one of the most lazyest person in the world :P often I write my posts on Word Doc which is set on Times New Roman by default and I seldom change it while pasting it on wordpress post :)

]]> By: Saadat http://ultaseedha.com.pk/2008/09/04/helvetica/#comment-11854 Saadat Sat, 06 Sep 2008 07:44:52 +0000 http://ultaseedha.com.pk/?p=259#comment-11854 Lubz, You detest Times New Roman? Funny, because in your blog posts, you often override the default font of your theme with Times New Roman. And typefaces don't just trigger sympathies; they can start flame wars as well. :P Lubz,
You detest Times New Roman? Funny, because in your blog posts, you often override the default font of your theme with Times New Roman. And typefaces don’t just trigger sympathies; they can start flame wars as well. :P

]]> By: Lubz http://ultaseedha.com.pk/2008/09/04/helvetica/#comment-11851 Lubz Sat, 06 Sep 2008 07:13:37 +0000 http://ultaseedha.com.pk/?p=259#comment-11851 Ok..thats the first time I've come accross a post on fonts and I actually read the whole thing! I was never a fond of Arial font but it's better than New Times Roman which I absolutely detest...waesai I had no idea that 'fonts' are the form of hobby too and can trigger sympathies :P Ok..thats the first time I’ve come accross a post on fonts and I actually read the whole thing! I was never a fond of Arial font but it’s better than New Times Roman which I absolutely detest…waesai I had no idea that ‘fonts’ are the form of hobby too and can trigger sympathies :P

]]> By: Saadat http://ultaseedha.com.pk/2008/09/04/helvetica/#comment-11830 Saadat Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:36:17 +0000 http://ultaseedha.com.pk/?p=259#comment-11830 People, let me clarify one thing first (at the risk of making you all drowsy): there's a difference between a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typeface" rel="nofollow">typeface</a> and a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Font" rel="nofollow">font</a>! Check the links if you are still awake. Farooq, See the note above! And the film touches topics of graphic design as well. ON, I am sure I would have slept through "Helvetica" as well if graphics and type were my majors. Anything with a prospect of examination makes me go to sleep! So, yeah, it's just an interest; you can call me an amateur hobbyist. Welcome aboard, by the way. :) Mahwash, See the note above! And yes, I DO need to watch more movies. I hear that Gary Hustwit (director of "Helvetica") is making another documentary on industrial design. :D People, let me clarify one thing first (at the risk of making you all drowsy): there’s a difference between a typeface and a font! Check the links if you are still awake.

Farooq,
See the note above! And the film touches topics of graphic design as well.

ON,
I am sure I would have slept through “Helvetica” as well if graphics and type were my majors. Anything with a prospect of examination makes me go to sleep! So, yeah, it’s just an interest; you can call me an amateur hobbyist.

Welcome aboard, by the way. :)

Mahwash,
See the note above! And yes, I DO need to watch more movies. I hear that Gary Hustwit (director of “Helvetica”) is making another documentary on industrial design. :D

]]> By: Mahwash http://ultaseedha.com.pk/2008/09/04/helvetica/#comment-11796 Mahwash Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:20:52 +0000 http://ultaseedha.com.pk/?p=259#comment-11796 You wrote a post about a FONT, I'm guessing. Which tells me you need to watch more movies. You wrote a post about a FONT, I’m guessing.

Which tells me you need to watch more movies.

]]> By: ON http://ultaseedha.com.pk/2008/09/04/helvetica/#comment-11786 ON Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:54:26 +0000 http://ultaseedha.com.pk/?p=259#comment-11786 watched *it* in school.. watched *it* in school..

]]> By: ON http://ultaseedha.com.pk/2008/09/04/helvetica/#comment-11785 ON Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:53:48 +0000 http://ultaseedha.com.pk/?p=259#comment-11785 This is so uncanny. I have watched this film sometime earlier this year, and slept through bits of it. I watched in school, since graphic and type are my majors. Have you studied type or is it a fleeting interest? P.s. I couldn't miss PIA logo myself:) This is so uncanny. I have watched this film sometime earlier this year, and slept through bits of it. I watched in school, since graphic and type are my majors. Have you studied type or is it a fleeting interest?
P.s. I couldn’t miss PIA logo myself:)

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