Erik Spiekermann - Extra Interview

Extra interview from the Helvetica DVD.

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[NorwegianBlu]

"Even though Matthew did some cool stuff for them, you know but, they're still mean bastards. And I wonder if they walked in here with a few thousand dollars I wonder what I'd say, you know. I may be corrupted, so I'm not saying I'm a hero. They haven't asked me yet. They won't because I'm on record for calling them what I just called them."

[jasonrobbrocks]

Likewise, although it's the start of my last name, so I'm biased.

I enjoyed the reaming he gave Microsoft at the end there... spicy!

[Deraremeisjes]

my hero! my biggest inspiration ever on earth!!!! <3

[Zakaria Hussain]

I love Erik Spikermann, my lecturer always talk about him

[David Kolb]

thanks for sharing, very interesting

[Jordan Shilkoff]

I love this man so much

[Sam Auciello]

What a pretentious ass

[Dan Kenny]

The man is a legend. The person who disliked this video should be thrown down a very rocky hill.

[Carlos Díaz]

A wise man!

[Peter Grant]

Yeah, well I kind of understand him .. any sufficiently large corporation wants to reduce cost and if it costs less to design a clone rather than licence the original .. the clone gets the vote. Arial is not a disaster, but neither is it an excellent typeface.

In fact, we may have gotten of worse by getting the better deal with Arial. We got a bland clone and massive acceptance. But we could have gotten nothing at all, a Microsoft without decent free typefaces .. perhaps liberating in a way.

[TheNotoriousJesus]

Apple is no good either, mean bastards too.