Search

Home > TED Talks Daily (HD video) > How a typeface helped launch Apollo | Douglas Thomas
Podcast: TED Talks Daily (HD video)
Episode:

How a typeface helped launch Apollo | Douglas Thomas
Category: Education
Duration: 00:14:26
Publish Date: 2019-07-19 09:52:48
Description: When humanity first landed on the moon in 1969, the typeface Futura was right there with them. In this fascinating history of typography, designer Douglas Thomas shares Futura's role in launching the Apollo 11 spacecraft -- and how it became one of the most used fonts in the world.
Total Play: 0

Users also like

300+ Episodes
TEDTalks Edu .. 300+     90+
2K+ Episodes
TED Talks Da .. 7K+     21K+
100+ Episodes
Films — De .. 30+     3
300+ Episodes
TED-Ed: Less .. 400+     80+
20+ Episodes
Conversation .. 500+     100+

Some more Podcasts by TED

100+ Episodes
TED Talks Ed ..     3
2K+ Episodes
TED Talks Da .. 400+     100+
300+ Episodes
TED-Ed: Less .. 400+     80+
300+ Episodes
TEDTalks Edu .. 300+     90+
800+ Episodes
TEDTalks Soc .. 100+     40+
30+ Episodes
Sincerely, X     1
600+ Episodes
TEDTalks Hea .. 300+     100+
2K+ Episodes
TED Talks Da .. 7K+     21K+