Friday, August 17th, 2007

You gotta love metal type

Here’s some of the metal type we’ll be including in the limited-edition boxes. Vintage examples of Helvetica Extended Bold… cast at the old Stempel foundry in Germany. Nice.

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  1. Awesome! I’ve just ordered the limited-ed. box - Can’t wait! How do I know if I got one of the 1st 1000 copies!?

    Comment by Dan — Sunday, August 19, 2007 @ 1:48 am

  2. Because there are only 1,000 copies, period! So you got one. Thanks Dan!

    Comment by Gary — Sunday, August 19, 2007 @ 8:28 am

  3. Is it possible to request a specific letter of the metal type?

    Either way, I’ll be ordering one shortly. I can’t wait either!

    Comment by Matt — Sunday, August 19, 2007 @ 1:37 pm

  4. Yah! Thats great. Thanks Gary, You’re awesome, period! Haha keep up the great work :)

    Comment by Dan — Sunday, August 19, 2007 @ 5:57 pm

  5. Matt, sorry but you can’t specify which letter you get… you might get lucky though!

    Comment by Gary — Sunday, August 19, 2007 @ 7:34 pm

  6. I can’t wait.. Ordered my copy yesterday, and now my only problem is that it’ll be aaaaages before it’s shipped.. Hoping to receive an “h”!

    I ordered tickets for the Danish showing of the movie as soon as it was announced, but when the day came, I was too sick to get out of bed.. I’m still so sorry I didn’t get to see it!

    Comment by Benjamin A. Wendelboe — Monday, August 20, 2007 @ 2:18 am

  7. Ordered my limited-ed. box a week ago. Can’t wait either!
    Is Colette in Paris also going to sell the dvd in September during the poster exhibition?

    Comment by Mikis — Monday, August 20, 2007 @ 4:34 am

  8. ordered mine. i also would pay another $50 for the letter H. Can only hope and cross my fingers I guess.

    Comment by brad / dpixel8 — Monday, August 20, 2007 @ 3:10 pm

  9. Come on guys, a individual letter of type is termed a “sort.”

    Please!

    Comment by graham — Monday, August 20, 2007 @ 8:34 pm

  10. The store’s under construction now, but I can’t wait to order my limited edition copy! Will they be numbered? I’ll have to get some of my design friends together and hold a “Helvetica” party.

    Comment by Rebecca B. — Monday, August 20, 2007 @ 9:16 pm

  11. What size are the letters!? approximately..
    canr se if they are very small or..very large :-)

    Comment by Mads — Tuesday, August 21, 2007 @ 12:33 pm

  12. I think they’re 30pt.

    Comment by Gary — Tuesday, August 21, 2007 @ 3:51 pm

  13. I will only order the limited edition if I can get a Capital “G”. “G”-for …Gelvetica

    Comment by Rob Gregory — Tuesday, August 21, 2007 @ 4:09 pm

  14. Or a “V”. “V” for … Velvetica

    Comment by Rob Gregory — Tuesday, August 21, 2007 @ 4:10 pm

  15. Just one problem… The “V” is backwards.

    Comment by Rob Gregory — Tuesday, August 21, 2007 @ 4:24 pm

  16. Dude. You’re out of control… get back to work, Rob!

    Comment by Gary — Tuesday, August 21, 2007 @ 4:27 pm

  17. VIVA VELVETICA

    Comment by Rob Gregory — Tuesday, August 21, 2007 @ 4:57 pm

  18. Any PAL version? Or just the NTSC.

    Comment by AlexPN — Thursday, August 23, 2007 @ 3:45 pm

  19. NTSC. Most DVD players in Europe are dual-format PAL/NTSC now anyway.

    Comment by Gary — Thursday, August 23, 2007 @ 4:03 pm

  20. Will the limited edition-release be numerated? That’d be cool..

    Comment by Benjamin A. Wendelboe — Thursday, August 23, 2007 @ 8:45 pm

  21. Went to the London preview of the film last night. It was brilliant! ordered the limited edition box set today. Can’t wait!

    Comment by Sam — Sunday, September 2, 2007 @ 6:04 am

  22. Can’t believe the limited edition DVDs are sold out! I just found out about this. Is it really sold out or will there be more later?

    Comment by Rich — Sunday, September 16, 2007 @ 11:55 am

  23. Man the midwest is so behind. We just had our screening and all the special editions are already sold out. That’s it. I am moving to New York.

    Comment by Deidre — Tuesday, September 18, 2007 @ 10:17 pm

  24. Will you be releasing another round of the Deluxe Edition DVDs? I (sadly) found out about this a bit too late and I really want a piece of metal type! Pretty-please?

    Comment by Gabriel Mansour — Friday, November 16, 2007 @ 11:53 am

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