Poster Nr. 20 | Universal-Alphabet | Herbert Bayer Neue Frau dynamic line design and formal

dynamic line design and formal as well as functional elements

and green encourage combining colors in patterns or building small structures

The simple elements in uniform diameters and heights allow for versatile use

which still fit into any setting and are merely a matter of taste as to which lamp base model one chooses

and portioning scrambled eggs

Poster Nr. 20 | Universal-Alphabet | Herbert Bayer Neue Frau dynamic line design and formal"Attempt at a New Typeface" is the title of Herbert Bayer's 1926 text in the Bauhaus issue of the magazine Offset. The article is illustrated on page 399 with his design for a new "alphabet." "Just as modern machines, architecture, and cinema express our modern era, so must typography," Bayer demands. Strict lowercase, simplicity, unity in construction, composition in the primary forms of square and circlethese are his requirements. These guidelines