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By published 15 July 22
This is the type of NFT we love.
Everyone loves Helvetica, right? This iconic typeface is a go to for most designers. It’s always a starting point for new ideas. Helvetica was released onto the design world in 1957, created by Swiss typography masters Max Miedinger and Eduard Hoffmann, and it’s survived countless fads and fashions. We love Helvetica because it’s a survivor, and now it’s a swish new NFT art collection.
Of course we’ve all been hearing about non-fungible tokens for a while now, and you can read our guide to What are NFTs? for a one-stop lowdown on what this new tech is all about. What’s interesting here is that the grand old lady of design, Helvetica, is now part of this art trend, and it just feels right.
The Helvetica NFT project (opens in new tab) has been created by font foundry Monotype (its first ever digital art collection) in partnership with the James Sommerville-founded NFT art community KnownUnknown (opens in new tab) and 26 leading artists and designers. 
What I love is how this NFT art collection reworks the classic Helvetica font into many different and challenging artworks while retaining what makes the font so recognisable. It’s bent, distorted, digitised, blown apart and animated but always remains visibly Helvetica.
Artists involved in the Helvetica NFT project include Pentagram (opens in new tab)’s Paula Scher and Margaret Calvert, the creator of Britain’s road signs. What I find most important about the Helvetica NFT drop is that these and other artists are committed for the long term, with new art coming later down the line. For NFT art projects to flourish they need support for the community going forward.
The joy of NFTs is you needn’t be a passive observer, they’re easy to create and you can read my guide to how to create an NFT for free, or in our broader feature on how to make and sell an NFT. Try for yourself now and launch your own collections.
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Ian Dean is Editor, Digital Arts & Design at Creative Bloq. Ian is the former editor of many leading magazines, including digital art focused ImagineFX and 3D World and leading video game title Official PlayStation Magazine. Ian launched the magazine X360 in 2005 and has relaunched many others. In his early career Ian wrote for music and film magazines, including Uncut, SFX, and assisted on The Idler. With over 25 years’ experience in both print and online journalism, Ian has worked on many leading video game and digital art brands. With a passion for video games and art, Ian combines his loves to bring the latest news on NFTs, video game art and tech, and more to Creative Bloq. In his spare time he doodles in Corel Painter, ArtRage, and Rebelle while finding time to play Xbox and PS5.
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