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Helvetica sucks.
—Giambattista Bodoni -
Most people who use Helvetica, use it because it’s ubiquitous. It’s like going to McDonald’s instead of thinking about food. Because it’s there, it’s on every street corner, so let’s eat crap because it’s on the corner.
—Erik Spiekermann, Helvetica the film -
Hey Helvetica, you look disgusting. Have some dignity and put on some serifs.
—Stephen Colbert, @StephenAtHome -
—Alexander Kaiser, pooliestudios -
I do not like any of that neue shit.
—William Caslon -
Pshhh, Helvetica was so 2006. ITC Avant Garde Gothic Pro with the new ligatures & unicase glyphs are what’s hot.
—Menar Irvin -
Helvetica is like mainstream rap. It is complete ass.
—Emcee Hao, chinesegangster.com -
—Filippo Nugara, filipponugara.com -
Helvetica: typography’s equivalent to internet explorer.
—Jack Earl, flatpackjack.net -
…our environment is over-saturated with use of Helvetica. Some have even suggested that Helvetica is a complete design cop-out.
—Dirk+Weiss, anyonecanswiss.com -
I think Kayne West secretly designed Helvetica.
—msampersand -
Helvetica, go kern yourself!
—Eric Gill -
Fuck Futura.
—Mike Blumenthal
Helvetica
noun