The Bauhaus Archive in Berlin is presenting classics of type design from the twentieth century within the exhibition “On-Type: Texts on Typography”, curated by Prof. Petra Eisele (Mainz University of Applied Sciences), Dr. Annette Ludwig (Gutenberg Museum, Mainz) and Prof. Isabel Naegele (Mainz University of Applied Sciences). The pieces range from Bauhaus and Swiss typography, to postmodern standpoints and topical examples.

The exhibition gathers together central theories, manifestos and stocktaking accounts on typography in the German‐speaking countries and presents font patterns and typography magazines. The central figures involved and debates in the history of typography are also introduced – such as debates about legibility, about writing with small initial letters in German, and on the effects of digitization.