Helvetica and the New York City subway system : the true (maybe) story /
Paul Shaw.
- Rev. ed.
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2011.
- xi, 131 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 25 x 29 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction -- The labyrinth -- Bringing order out of chaos -- Transportation signage systems in the 1960s -- The New York City Transit Authority and Unimark International -- The myth of the Helvetica juggernaut -- Standard, Helvetica, and the New York City subway system -- The fate of the Unimark system -- Helvetica infiltrates the New York City subway system -- Helvetica triumphant : the subway system today -- Chronology.
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Helvetica type--New York (State)--New York. Signs and signboards--Lettering.--New York (State)--New York Subways--New York (State)--New York.