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Helvetica and the New York City Subway System: The True (Maybe) Story

Helvetica and the New York City Subway System: The True (Maybe) Story - Hardcover

by Paul Shaw
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Availability:In StockContributor:Paul ShawSeries:Mit PressAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2011-02-11Pages:144
Language:EnglishPublisher:MIT PressISBN-13:9780262015486ISBN-10:026201548XUPC:9780262015486Book Category:DesignBook Subcategory:Graphic Arts, History & CriticismBook Topic:TypographyAward:2011 PROSE Honorable Mention - Architecture AwardSize:9.72 x 11.30 x 0.76 inchesWeight:2.3016Product ID:SCHPSVV2QR

Helvetica and the New York City Subway System: The True (Maybe) Story

How New York City subways signage evolved from a "visual mess" to a uniform system with Helvetica triumphant.

For years, the signs in the New York City subway system were a bewildering hodge-podge of lettering styles, sizes, shapes, materials, colors, and messages. The original mosaics (dating from as early as 1904), displaying a variety of serif and sans serif letters and decorative elements,...

Language:EnglishPublisher:MIT PressISBN-13:9780262015486ISBN-10:026201548XUPC:9780262015486Book Category:DesignBook Subcategory:Graphic Arts, History & CriticismBook Topic:TypographyAward:2011 PROSE Honorable Mention - Architecture AwardSize:9.72 x 11.30 x 0.76 inchesWeight:2.3016Product ID:SCHPSVV2QR

Paul Shaw, an award-winning graphic designer, typographer, and calligrapher in New York City, teaches at Parsons School of Design and theSchool of Visual Arts. He is the coauthor of Blackletter: Type andNational Identity and writes about letter design in the blog BluePencil.


Publisher: MIT Press

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🏆 2011 PROSE Honorable Mention - Architecture Award

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