{"id":9678,"date":"2013-08-13T17:36:08","date_gmt":"2013-08-13T16:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solopress.com\/blog\/?p=9678"},"modified":"2022-08-27T20:28:53","modified_gmt":"2022-08-27T19:28:53","slug":"best-ever-uses-of-helvetica-font","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solopress.com\/blog\/copywriting-typography\/best-ever-uses-of-helvetica-font\/","title":{"rendered":"10 best ever uses of Helvetica"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nLove it or hate it, the Helvetica<\/strong> typeface is omnipresent these days. But ingenious graphic designers are still finding exciting and unusual ways to breathe new life into this famous Swiss font<\/strong> from the 1950s\u2026<\/p>\n

Helvetica Beer<\/h2>\n

Moscow branding and packaging art director Sasha Kischenko has created this funky concept packaging for Helvetica Beer<\/a>. The number on each can denotes its alcohol percentage, while the white or black colouring means it\u2019s filled with lager or stout.<\/p>\n

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Image Source: Sasha Kischenko<\/a><\/p>\n

Helvetica Bike<\/h2>\n

Taking the minimalism and sheer precision of the Helvetica font to the world of cycling was a masterstroke by Spanish design studio Borja Garcia<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Images Source: Graham Smith\u2019s design blog<\/p>\n

Helvetica Chocolate<\/h2>\n

Freelance designer, art director and animator Rosa de Jong from Amsterdam has created Chocography<\/a>, a tasty way to emphasise the sweeter side of Helvetica\u2019s clean design.<\/p>\n

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Image Source: Rosa de Jong<\/a><\/p>\n

Helvetica Face Painting<\/h2>\n

Helvetica face paints probably won\u2019t topple the tiger and T-rex off kid\u2019s face painting wish-lists, but Istanbul graphic designer and illustrator \u00c7a\u011flayan Aktu\u011f is making a point that it\u2019s wrong to distort typefaces with his Human & Font Anatomy project.<\/p>\n

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Image Source: Caglayan Aktug<\/a><\/p>\n

Helvetica Film<\/h2>\n

Helvetica is a feature-length independent documentary film about typography and graphic design by director Gary Hustwit.<\/p>\n

Gary Hustwit comments:
\n\u201cI thought that looking at Helvetica’s \u2018career\u2019 would be a good structure to look at the past 50 years of graphic design, and a starting point for some interesting conversations in the film.\u201d<\/p>\n