On March 24, Lars Müller organised an event at the Museum für Gestaltung in Zurich as a birthday celebration. The typeface was born Neue Haas Grotesk and only got re-christened years later. (see wie-helvetica-zu-ihrem-namen-kam, in German only).
It was a great pleasure to meet Alfred Hoffmann whom I hand’t seen in more than fifteen years. Alfred is Edouard Hoffmann’s son, the man who briefed Max Miedinger for the design of Neue Haas Grotesk. The success of the typeface owes a lot to Hoffmann’s original idea and his detailed corrections during the design process.
After a podium discussion (with David Carson!) we saw the European premiere of Gary Hustwit’s Helvetica movie: helveticafilm. At the Typo conference in Berlin later in May the movie will have its German premiere. It is worth seeing even for people who have not beein infected with the typomania virus.
What is that small glyph after Haas?
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It’s a little statue, the logo of the foundry.
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Sorry for posting this so late, but I’m very curious why you put an exclamation mark after David Carson – is it because, in terms of style, you and him represent two extremes? I’m sure it must have been an extremely interesting discussion.
The question mark after David Carson’s name was to indicate my surprise at him actually turning up. He does have a record of cancelling at the last minute…