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A Fresh Perspective

 

So I just had to mention this because I was so impressed by it. Just the other day I watched a truly fascinating documentary, simply titled Helvetica. It is a story about the evolution of this pervasive typeface. The documentary examines Helvetiva’s origins and its implementation over the years as the standard font the world over, but more than that, it examines the way graphic design has changed over the past decades and how the technology has changed as well. Anyone that works in today’s design industry will find this a fresh perspective on how type influences our everyday lives, even when we don’t realize it. If you’re serious about graphic design, you should see this film. Find out more about this movie here.

5 Comments

  1. Russell said on — July 18, 2008 @ 7:42 am

    What an awesome/nerdy movie!

  2. Embassy Pro Books said on — July 18, 2008 @ 4:12 pm

    This sounds awesome – we’re big fans of documentaries..nothing better.

  3. Roger said on — July 18, 2008 @ 11:37 pm

    Thanks for the heads-up on this movie. I love fonts. I’ve designed many custom letters but never a font. Maybe watching the movie will be inspirational. By the way you can buy the DVD or even a digital download here: http://www.helveticafilm.com/shop.html

  4. Bob said on — July 29, 2008 @ 4:01 pm

    Great documentary! I laughed, I cried.
    Corey, I hope you do more type design tuts, thanks.

  5. alanvalek.com said on — August 4, 2008 @ 10:37 pm

    Super good doc!! Reminds you just how damn good Helvetica is!!!

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Create A Composite Layer

If you have a multilayer composition and you
want to apply an effect to all the layers at once, don’t flatten the layers–use a composite layer instead. Hide the layers you want excluded, and press Shift-Command-Option-E (PC: Shift-Ctrl-Alt-E). A new layer will be created at the top containing a merged copy of all the visible layers.

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