{"id":9572,"date":"2023-07-24T12:18:32","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T10:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bauhaus.de\/entdecken\/artikel\/bauhaus-werkblatt-11typografie-zeichnen\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T17:15:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T16:15:36","slug":"bauhaus-worksheet-11-typographical-abstraction","status":"publish","type":"magazine-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bauhaus.de\/en\/discover\/article\/bauhaus-worksheet-11-typographical-abstraction\/","title":{"rendered":"Bauhaus Worksheet\u00a0#11: Typographical abstraction"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class='wp-block-ho-pattern header-text' data-pattern='ho\/header-magazin'>\n\n<div  class='margin-bottom-7'>\n\n<div  class='color-bg-highlight color-fg-highlight header-space header-height-read-only'>\n\n<div  class='container-fluid cf-gutter-1 cf-side-1'>\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12 col-md-6'>\n\n<div  class='header-magazine-contents'>\n\n<div  class='cf-rem-max-width container-fluid cf-gutter-5 cf-side-5'>\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12'>\n\n<div  class='padding-bottom-4'><div class=\"wp-block-ho-slot \"><div class=\"margin-bottom-3\">\n\t<swup-back>Back<\/swup-back>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12'><div class=\"wp-block-ho-slot \"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12'>\n<h1 class='ho-sd-h3' style=\"white-space: normal;\">Bauhaus Worksheet\u00a0#11: Typographical abstraction<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12 col-md-6'><figure itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" class=\"lazy-media-inline  lazy-background-fill\" role=\"group\" aria-describedby=\"media_vwnktv\">\n<script type=\"application\/json\">{\n\"id\" : 5677,\n\"sizes\" : {\"medium\":{\"file\":\"Bauhaus_Plakat_Joost-Schmidt_Startkarte-237x300.jpg\",\"width\":237,\"height\":300,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":11998},\"large\":{\"file\":\"Bauhaus_Plakat_Joost-Schmidt_Startkarte-809x1024.jpg\",\"width\":809,\"height\":1024,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":103292},\"medium_large\":{\"file\":\"Bauhaus_Plakat_Joost-Schmidt_Startkarte-768x972.jpg\",\"width\":768,\"height\":972,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":93632},\"small\":{\"file\":\"Bauhaus_Plakat_Joost-Schmidt_Startkarte-348x440.jpg\",\"width\":348,\"height\":440,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":22302},\"semi\":{\"file\":\"Bauhaus_Plakat_Joost-Schmidt_Startkarte-458x580.jpg\",\"width\":458,\"height\":580,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":34293},\"mobile\":{\"file\":\"Bauhaus_Plakat_Joost-Schmidt_Startkarte-569x720.jpg\",\"width\":569,\"height\":720,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":51779},\"original\":{\"file\":\"Bauhaus_Plakat_Joost-Schmidt_Startkarte.jpg\",\"width\":865,\"height\":1095}},\n\"alt\" : \"Graphic representation of the Bauhaus featuring areas like architecture, painting, and ceramics in black and white.\",\n\"path\" : \"\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/\",\n\"video\" : null,\n\"autoplay\" : null,\n\"youtube\" : null,\n\"youtubelabel\" : \"play\",\n\"brightness\" : 100,\n\"crop\" : {\"x\":0.5,\"y\":0.5},\n\"background\" : true,\n\"scale\" : 1,\n\"zoom\" : false,\n\"annotations\" : null}<\/script>\n<div class=\"height-container \" style=\"padding-bottom:126.58959537572%; 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For this exercise, the Bauhaus student copied a timetable without reproducing a single letter or number. Try it yourself \u2013 change the text and typography into an abstract picture!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class='wp-block-ho-pattern show-optional-headline' data-pattern='ho\/text-einzug'>\n\n<div  class='margin-bottom-7'>\t<div class=\"wp-block-ho-lane-wrapper\" data-orientation=\"horizontal\" data-lane-item-count=\"2\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-fluid cf-gutter-5 cf-side-5\">\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"wp-block wp-block-ho-grid row\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"wp-block-ho-lane-item col col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-md-offset-6\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\">\t<p class='ho-sd-body-einzug'><strong>You'll need:<\/strong><br>\u2013 pencils<br>\u2013 sharpener<br>\u2013 rubber eraser<br><br>1. Look at the picture and squint your eyes until the letters get blurry and begin changing shape and form in different shades of grey. <br><br>2. 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