BauType is an experiment in creating variable fonts that expand on Herbert Bayer’s original experiments for his 1925 universal typeface as director of printing and advertising at the Bauhaus.
Herbert Bayer was an Austrian and American graphic designer, painter, photographer, sculptor, art director, environmental and interior designer, and architect. He was instrumental in the development of the Atlantic Richfield Company’s corporate art collection until his death in 1985.
The historical Bauhaus is the most influential educational establishment in the fields of architecture, art and design. The Unsplash collection includes images of the Bauhaus Archive in Berlin, designed by Walter Gropius.
Watch the video from Adobe Create documenting the experience of five international typography design students working with Erik Spiekermann to digitize type designs drawn from the archives of the Bauhaus.
I had the privilege of teaching typography as part of the Graphic + Digital Design program of the University of the Fraser Valley. It was an introduction to typography for students in the UFV College of Arts.
Searching for typographic inspiration
The League of Movable Type is championing the development of free, open source typography for use on the web. I have found their blog to be a good resource for font development.
Finding visual and literary references to the Bauhaus on the web is not at all difficult.
A paper I wrote April 2, 1993 for Art 126 as part of my undergraduate studies. I was enrolled at a local university while studying Fine Arts and Communications after completing a two-year diploma in graphic design in 1988.
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