Architype Bayer-Type
The Foundry Types · Herbert Bayer · 1931
A revival of Herbert Bayer's 1931 geometrically constructed serif alphabet, part of The Foundry Types' Architype Universal collection of interwar modernist typefaces.
About
Drawn from Herbert Bayer's 1931 serifed universal alphabet, this is a geometrically structured type built on a strict grid, extending Bayer's earlier 1925 sans-serif single alphabet into a serif form. Part of the Architype Universal collection, which revives the single-alphabet, universal-theory work of European Bauhaus and modernist designers from the interwar period. The limited character set reflects the ideological constraints of the original universal alphabet theory.
Classification
Based on Herbert Bayer's 1931 grid-based, geometrically constructed serifed alphabet, it sits within the geometric serif category despite its avant-garde, Bauhaus origins. The structure is rigorously grid-based, distinguishing it from traditional serif classifications.