TY - BOOK AU - Shaw,Paul TI - Helvetica and the New York City subway system: the true (maybe) story SN - 9780262015486 AV - Z 250.5 .H45 S53 2011 PY - 2011/// CY - Cambridge, Mass. PB - MIT Press KW - Helvetica type KW - New York (State) KW - New York KW - Subways KW - Signs and signboards KW - Lettering N1 - 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 ER -