HELVETICA A TYPE STUDY

ULTRA LIGHT CONDENSED,LIGHT EXTENDED OBLIQUE

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ULTRA LIGHT CONDENSED,ULTRA LIGHT EXTENDED,BLACK

mmodbookl.inddodbookl.indd 2 112/13/20052/13/2005 11:16:3511:16:35 AMAM Mods were withobsessed clothes

ULTRA LIGHT EXTENDED,HEAVY ITALIC

mmodbookl.inddodbookl.indd 3 112/13/20052/13/2005 11:16:3611:16:36 AMAM UADROPHENIA UADROPHENIA QUADROPHENIA UADROPHENIA

EXTRA BLACK CONDENSED,HEAVY,ULTRA LIGHT CONDENSED,CONDENSED

mmodbookl.inddodbookl.indd 4 112/13/20052/13/2005 11:16:3611:16:36 AMAM The logo of the mod movement was a stylized target. A prime example of this is the logo of Brit- ish fashion designer ,whose clothes were and con- tinue to be associated with the Mod movement.

THIN,HEAVY

mmodbookl.inddodbookl.indd 5 112/13/20052/13/2005 11:16:3711:16:37 AMAM They would typically choose scooters as their mode of transportation, either the

Lambretta or theVespa These were sometimes adorned with many lights and mirrors and were intended to gain attention.

ULTRA LIGHT CONDENSED,CONDENSED,ULTRA LIGHT ITALIC

mmodbookl.inddodbookl.indd 6 112/13/20052/13/2005 11:16:3711:16:37 AMAM The is a line of motor scoot- ers that was first manufactured in Genoa, in 1946 by & Co, S.p.A. Piaggio continues to manufacture the Vespa today, although the Vespa was a much more prevalent vehicle in the 1950s and 60s when it became the adopted vehicle of choice for the UK youth-culture known as Mods, and later . The classic had uni- body chassis pressed from sheets of steel, with bodywork covering the legs for protection from rain and mud. The engine was covered completely by a steel cowling to appeal to a broader market of people, often turned off by the dirty/greasy stereotype often applied to motorcycles. Piaggio revolutionized the two-wheel industry with the Vespa and provided a model on which nearly every other

made since has been based.

made since has been based. been has since made

which nearly every other scooter scooter other every nearly which

Vespa and provided a model on on model a provided and Vespa

the two-wheel industry with the the with industry two-wheel the

revolutionized revolutionized

Piaggio Piaggio

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cowling to appeal to a broader broader a to appeal to cowling

steel covered completely by a a by completely covered

engine was was The mud. and rain

covering the legs for protection from from protection for legs the covering

bodywork with steel, of sheets

body chassis pressed from from pressed chassis body

The classic Vespas had uni- had Vespas classic The

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UK UK adopted vehicle of choice for the the for choice of vehicle adopted

and 60s when it became the the became it when 60s and

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manufacture the the manufacture today, today,

Vespa Vespa ULTRA LIGHT,THIN CONDENSED OBLIQUE,LIGHT

Piaggio S.p.A. S.p.A. continues to to continues

EXTENDED,HEAVY,BOLD

, , Co & Piaggio by 1946 in Italy ITALIC,BLACK EXTENDED mmodbookl.inddodbookl.indd 7 112/13/20052/13/2005 11:16:3711:16:37 AMAM LAMBRETTALAMBRETTALAMBRETTA LAMBRETTALAMBRETTA

HEAVY EXTENDED, THIN, BLACK, ULTRA LIGHT CONDENSED, LIGHT

mmodbookl.inddodbookl.indd 8 112/13/20052/13/2005 11:16:3811:16:38 AMAM “Mod is clean living under dif-

fi cult circumstances” - Peter Meaden

ULTRA LIGHT EXTENDED, THIN CONDENSED OBLIQUE

mmodbookl.inddodbookl.indd 9 112/13/20052/13/2005 11:16:3811:16:38 AMAM mmodbookl.indd 10 o d b o ULTRA LIGHT o k l . i n d d

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