Helvetica Font Weights as Rock Music Genres (Infographic)
This fun infographic depicts Helvetica’s range of font weights as rock music genres. It has a dual purpose of serving as a witty cheatsheet for Helvetica font weights.
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Tommy Swanson (@tomswanson) is a young entrepreneur in Dallas, Texas and the CEO of Finer Hosting, a provider of managed VPS and dedicated server hosting which he co-founded with former Fused Hosting founder, Jack Heskett (@jackheskett). They have a passion for internet marketing and building successful companies that are focused on client satisfaction.
11 Comments
Francesco Todaro
December 27th, 2010
It’s fun :-)
Ched
December 28th, 2010
This is dumb. There’s no connection between the font weights and the music genres. Looks totally arbitrary, except that it’s in the shape of a guitar. This ‘design’ lacks meaning.
Alyssa
December 28th, 2010
Fun :)
Vivek Parmar
December 28th, 2010
funny, a time pass :)
Lonn
December 28th, 2010
I must agree with Ched. The fact the Helvetica is used has absolutely nothing to do with the genre of Rock Music. This could just as well have to do with flowers or design portfolios.
Roberto
December 28th, 2010
Good cheatsheet. I’ll print it.
Tom Gladding
December 29th, 2010
cool :]
bjornmeansbear
December 29th, 2010
@Roberto: why?
twice
January 3rd, 2011
Ok, I don’t get this. And the kerning’s off, too.
Kristof
January 7th, 2011
Sorry for the harsh words but:
1) it’s not an infographic.
2) completely unrelated to the terms, no good typography.
3) Helvetica doesn’t even suit rock’n'roll music
Nimrod
January 19th, 2011
I am in agreement with some of the others here; I think it’s lame. However, it IS a cheat sheet:
1) It shows the different font weights of Helvetica
2) It compares the progressive “heaviness” of the font weights with the perceived “hardness” of rock music genres, with Emo being the lightest and Grindcore being the “heaviest”.
Too bad Tommy isn’t into metal … \m/ \m/
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