Bauhaus (typeface)

Contrary to their current perception, in its early years, the Bauhaus school printed serif art nouveau typefaces. After some years of design work at the school, Herbert Bayer and Joost Schmidt created the more recognizable proposals—sans-serif geometric letterings, with decorative elements of the font removed for a crisp industrial style. In that era, they would only be drafts, and were not manufactured into printing typefaces yet,{{Cite web|last=Kupferschmid|first=Indra|date=2012-01-06|title=True Type of the Bauhaus|url=https://fontsinuse.com/uses/5/typefaces-at-the-bauhaus|access-date=2020-12-13|website=Fonts in Use}} although they were used for signs, book covers and publications by the Bauhaus.{{Cite web|date=2018-11-06|title=Herbert Bayer: creator of the Bauhaus' universal typography|url=https://www.dezeen.com/2018/11/06/herbert-bayer-bauhaus-100-typography-universal-typeface-font/|access-date=2020-12-13|website=Dezeen|language=en}}

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The most well known Bauhaus typeface is Bayer's Universal. Major elements of Bauhaus typography in Bayer's original form were the elimination of capital letters, composition based on strong geometrical elements and expressive use of colors, and the replacement of the Gothic font by a more cosmopolitan font suitable for the move from handcrafted to standardized production.{{Cite web|title=Bauhaus Typography|url=http://www.designhistory.org/Avant_Garde_pages/BauhausType.html|access-date=2020-12-13|website=www.designhistory.org}}

Jan Tschischold, heavily inspired by the Bauhaus school though never a member, developed a New Typography in 1928.{{Cite web|title=Tschichold's New Typography|url=http://www.designhistory.org/Avant_Garde_pages/DieNeueType.html|access-date=2020-12-13|website=www.designhistory.org}} The treatise shaped modern typography, printing, and graphic design.{{Cite web|last=TypeRoom|title=Jan Tschichold: the father of modern typography in his own words - TypeRoom|url=https://www.typeroom.eu/jan-tschichold-the-father-of-modern-typography-in-his-own-words|access-date=2020-12-13|website=www.typeroom.eu|language=en}}

In 1929, Bauhaus professor, László Moholy-Nagy, issued a statement that said typography "must be communication in its most intense form. The emphasis must be on absolute clarity."{{Cite web|last=TypeRoom|title=Moholy-Nagy and the New Typography: a comprehensive publication finally released - TypeRoom|url=https://www.typeroom.eu/article/moholy-nagy-and-new-typography-comprehensive-publication-finally-released|access-date=2020-12-13|website=www.typeroom.eu|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=The New Typography|url=https://www.readingdesign.org/the-new-typography|access-date=2020-12-13|website=R / D|language=en-GB}}

Blippo was designed by Joe Taylor for Fotostar in 1969 as a black version of Burko Bold, which, in turn, is based on the unfinished design by the German Bauhaus school. The font was named Blippo Black by Taylor's boss, Robert Trogman.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtblanco.com/MtBlancoNews/2001.2004/NewsMrPibb.htm |title=Mt. Blanco - News - Mr. Pibb |accessdate=2008-08-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081114022803/http://www.mtblanco.com/MtBlancoNews/2001.2004/NewsMrPibb.htm |archivedate=2008-11-14 }} It retains proportion and fit of ITC Ronda.

Blippo was used by Nintendo for the title screen of Super Mario Bros. 1 and 2.{{Cite web|last=Uszerowicz|first=Monica|date=2018-06-19|title=Unfinished Bauhaus Typefaces Are Now at Your Fingertips|url=https://hyperallergic.com/447809/unfinished-bauhaus-typefaces-adobe/|access-date=2020-12-13|website=Hyperallergic|language=en-US}}

Bauhaus 93 is a variant of URW Blippo Black. It was first released in 1993 by the URW Type Foundry.{{cite web|url=https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/font-list/bauhaus-93 |title=Bauhaus 93 font family|accessdate=2020-12-12}} Only one font was produced. It is available as a pre-packaged font in Microsoft Word, and is used within the backsplash for 3D Pinball for Windows – Space Cadet. It is also used for the Postman Pat and Playmobil logos, around Disney's Polynesian Resort, as well as the Amiibo logo and the logo for the 1973 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It was also used on Xinwen Lianbo in 1996 and Chuzzle as well as Homestar Runner{{Cite web|date=2019-06-19|title=Bauhaus 93 Font Free Download|url=https://fontsnetwork.com/bauhaus-93-font/|access-date=2020-12-13|website=Fonts Network|language=en-US}} and was used for the Filmways Television logo from 1976 to 1983, as well as its film division from 1981 to 1982.

It was designed by Herb Lubalin in 1970. It adds lowercase letters to the family.

Distinguishing characteristics include the shapes of the upper right third of the capital B, P and R, as well as the half-circle form of the descender of the Q. ITC Ronda is similar to Michael Neugebauer's "Litera"; both fonts display styles characteristic of the Bauhaus work.

ITC Bauhaus was designed by Ed Benguiat and Victor Caruso in 1975. Inheriting the simple geometric shapes and monotone stroke weights of Herbert Bayer's universal, it includes separate upper and lowercase characters. Five weights of Roman fonts were made for this family. Unlike the earlier ITC Ronda, the letters have open instead of closed counters.

Bauhaus Heavy was originally intended to be a display-only design and was accompanied by Bauhaus Outline. With the advent of digital technology, the Outline version was dropped from the family, while the Bauhaus Heavy was made part of the now text/display offering.

Under Adobe's development, the font family supports the ISO-Adobe character set for the PostScript version. In OpenType Std version, it supports the Adobe Western 2 character set.

Monotype also produced versions that include Cyrillic or Central European characters.

The font was also named "Geometric 752" by Bitstream, "BH" by Itek.

Other Bauhaus designs released in the phototype era include Pump and Horatio.{{cite web |title=Bauhaus Inspired |url=https://www.fontshop.com/people/fontshop-team/fontlists/bauhaus-inspired |website=FontShop |publisher=Monotype Imaging |access-date=3 April 2021}}

Additional Bauhaus typefaces in digital fonts include Joost, Julien, Mohol Type, Laslo, Nobel revival, and Pareto.{{Cite web|date=2019-12-06|title=Six Fonts that Prove Bauhaus-Inspired Typography is Alive and Well|url=https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/five-fonts-that-prove-bauhaus-typography-is-alive-and-well/|access-date=2020-12-13|website=Eye on Design|language=en-US}}

Lost typefaces were recently restored and they include CarlMarx, Joschmi, Xants, Reross and Alfarn.{{Cite web|title=Hidden Treasures of the Bauhaus Dessau {{!}} Adobe Fonts|url=https://fonts.adobe.com/fonts/hidden-treasures|access-date=2020-12-13|website=fonts.adobe.com|archive-date=2019-05-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506084852/https://fonts.adobe.com/fonts/hidden-treasures|url-status=dead}}

{{Reflist}}

• [http://www.designhistory.org/Avant_Garde_pages/BauhausType.html Bauhaus Type]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20080517062205/http://www.itcfonts.com/Ulc/4011/TTC11.htm Type Trading Card: Bauhaus/Avant Garde Gothic]
• [http://store1.adobe.com/cfusion/store/html/index.cfm?store=OLS-US&event=displayFontPackage&code=1036 ITC Bauhaus Std]
• [http://www.linotype.com/en/308/itcbauhaus.html Type Gallery - ITC Bauhaus]
• [https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/five-fonts-that-prove-bauhaus-typography-is-alive-and-well/ Five Fonts That Prove Bauhaus-Inspired Typography Is Alive And Well]
• [http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fonts/font.aspx?FID=80&FNAME=Bauhaus+93&FVER=1.52 Microsoft Typography: Bauhaus 93]
• [http://www.identifont.com/show?1MU Identifont: Bauhaus 93]
• [http://www.identifont.com/show?23X Identifont: Blippo]
• [http://urwpp.de/cgi-bin1/dalcgi/source/schnellsuche.htd?searchchar=blippo URW Blippo]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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