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Helvetica, my second Tumblr theme

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Wednesday Feb 4 2009

After releasing my first Tumblr Theme iBlack and seeing it becoming a 'rising star' I decided I wanted to do another one. This time I decided to go minimalist and do a theme with almost no graphics. This theme is mostly typography and shapes and I'm pretty excited about it. It's called 'Helvetica' and it's a homage to the most awesome font ever created. Unfortunately Windows users will have to do with the seriously inferior Arial but... that's what you get, I guess.

screenshot of the Helvetica theme

I submitted the theme to Tumblr but... if you want the enhanced version with Twitter and Disqus integrated, get the full blown version here!

P.S. did I tell you I LOVE Tumbr?

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At 15 February '09 - 05:41 archmond wrote:
wow..great. ;)

i’m korean user,

you’re design sense is good.

thx.
At 07 March '09 - 20:26 Robert Andrescik wrote:
Thanks for this! I was wondering how to get the icons on the right side of the page to appear. I’m assuming there are Twitter’s you’re following?
At 08 March '09 - 10:19 Marco wrote:
@Robert Andrescik No they’re the people I’m following on Tumblr in fact. Drop me an email and I’ll send you the customization for that.
At 06 September '09 - 20:38 Tess wrote:
is it possible you could tell me how to change the background with this theme? I love the design, but im no html pro
At 09 March '10 - 13:46 Will Ayers wrote:
Nice theme, thought I would let you know you miss-spelled Tumblr at the bottom of your post at this section “P.S. did I tell you I LOVE Tumbr?”

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