# Helvetica and the New York City Subway System

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- Book: [Helvetica and the New York City Subway System](https://www.bookquiver.com/paul-shaw/helvetica-and-the-new-york-city-subway-system) ([Helvetica and the New York City Subway System.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/paul-shaw/helvetica-and-the-new-york-city-subway-system.md))
- Authors: [Paul Shaw](https://www.bookquiver.com/paul-shaw)
- Publisher: the_mit_press
- ISBN: 978-02-6201-548-6
- Pages: 144
- Published: 2011-02-11
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Hardcover

## Description

How New York City subways signage evolved from a “visual mess” to a uniform system with Helvetica triumphant. For years, the signs in the New York City subway system were a bewildering hodge-podge...