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

by Paul Shaw

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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, were supplemented by signs in terracotta and...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:026201548X

ISBN13:9780262015486

Release Date:February 2011

Publisher:MIT Press

Length:144 Pages

Weight:0.60 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 11.3" x 9.7"

Age Range:18 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

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