Coupland and Helvetica

Douglas Coupland last night at the Bloomsbury theatre in London (at what he said was probably his last ever book reading):

...and someone said making a film about Helvetica is like making a film about off-white paint.

I think in Helvetica. I love Helvetica.

For more of his thoughts on the typeface, also see this piece in the New York Times.

Interesting Typeface Facts

I've just discovered that many of the typefaces in Mac OS X include in their metadata very interesting narratives about their background and history. Just open Font Book and choose Show Font Info from the Preview menu. Arial, Futura, Times New Roman and Trebuchet MS are a few examples.

However, you would have hoped that Monotype know better than to put two spaces after their full stops.