I love type geeks.

A criticism of Good Night, and Good Luck's innacurate use of type.

It appears the CBS News sign, prominently displayed in the film's carefully reconstructed New York newsroom, used the typeface Helvetica. But Helvetica was not designed until 1957, the year McCarthy died. The movie takes place in the early 1950's.

"I thought it was a bit jarring," said Michael Bierut, a graphic designer at Pentagram Studio in New York. "After all, even in 1957, Helvetica was an exotica Swiss import."

Directions/NYT :: Good Film, Shame About the Helvetica