{"id":9580,"date":"2024-06-13T12:28:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T10:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bauhaus.de\/entdecken\/artikel\/bauhaus-werkblatt-12-schreibmaschinenmuster\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T09:15:56","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T08:15:56","slug":"bauhaus-worksheet-12-typewriter-patterns","status":"publish","type":"magazine-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bauhaus.de\/en\/discover\/article\/bauhaus-worksheet-12-typewriter-patterns\/","title":{"rendered":"Bauhaus Worksheet\u00a0#12: Typewriter patterns"},"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#12: Typewriter patterns<\/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\" : 5682,\n\"sizes\" : {\"medium\":{\"file\":\"Schreibmaschinenmuster-1-300x216.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":216,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":25840},\"small\":{\"file\":\"Schreibmaschinenmuster-1-440x316.jpg\",\"width\":440,\"height\":316,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":46272},\"semi\":{\"file\":\"Schreibmaschinenmuster-1-580x417.jpg\",\"width\":580,\"height\":417,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":69251},\"original\":{\"file\":\"Schreibmaschinenmuster-1.jpg\",\"width\":637,\"height\":458}},\n\"alt\" : \"Pattern of black, wavy lines on a white background, arranged regularly and symmetrically.\",\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:71.899529042386%; 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They are normally composed of individual shapes that are combined and repeated regularly. Even punctuation marks like parentheses can be used to create patterns. In the Bauhaus preliminary course taught by Josef Albers, students created pictures by typing numbers, letters and special characters onto paper using mechanical typewriters. Nowadays we can create such artworks much faster and easier on a computer with a word processing programme.<\/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 computer<br>\u2013 word processing program<br>\u2013 printer and paper, in case you\u2019d like to print out your patterns<br><br>1. Open your word processing program and create a new document in portrait format.<br><br>2. Choose your favourite font and set your font size to 40.<br><br>3. Type the \u201copen\u201d parenthesis again and again, row after row, to create your first pattern. Fill the entire page with \u201copen\u201d parentheses.<br><br>4. On a new page, try changing the direction and method by switching back and forth between \u201copen\u201d and \u201cclosed\u201d parentheses. The result is a wavy pattern.<br><br>5. Try other pattern principles or use several different ones at the same time. You can also experiment with different fonts, font sizes and colours.<br><br>Idea and concept: Doro Petersen<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\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'><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class='wp-block-ho-pattern header-text' data-pattern='ho\/teaser-flexible-inhalte-call-to-action-klein'>\n\n<div  class='margin-bottom-7'>\n\n<div  class='container-fluid'>\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12'>\n\n<div  class='color-bg-highlight color-fg-highlight color-bg-fg-revsersed'>\n\n<div  class='margin-right-2 padding-top-2 padding-bottom-2 margin-left-2'>\n\n<div  class='container-fluid cf-rem-max-width cf-gutter-1 cf-side-1'>\n\n<div  class='row cta-container'>\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12 col-md-6'>\n\n<div  class='mobile-flex-layout-direction-column mobile-flex-layout-align-space-around sizes-height-fill flex-layout-direction-column flex-layout-align-space-between'>\n\n<div  class='margin-bottom-2 mobile-margin-bottom-4'>\n<h4 class='ho-sd-h4' style=\"white-space: normal;\">Bauhaus Worksheet #12: <br \/>\nTypewriter patterns<br \/>\n<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='wp-block-ho-buttons wp-block-ho-buttons flex-layout-align-left colors-are-inverted'>\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-buttons-item\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bauhaus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Bauhaus-Worksheet_12.pdf\"  target=\"_blank\" role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"ho-button is-tertiary\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ho-button-label \">Download Instructions<\/span>\n\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='col col-md-3 col-xs-7 col-xs-offset-5 col-md-offset-3'>\n\n<div  class='cta-image mobile-margin-bottom-7'><figure itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" class=\"lazy-media-inline \" role=\"group\" aria-describedby=\"media_FXjQqQ\">\n<script type=\"application\/json\">{\n\"id\" : 5682,\n\"sizes\" : {\"medium\":{\"file\":\"Schreibmaschinenmuster-1-300x216.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":216,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":25840},\"small\":{\"file\":\"Schreibmaschinenmuster-1-440x316.jpg\",\"width\":440,\"height\":316,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":46272},\"semi\":{\"file\":\"Schreibmaschinenmuster-1-580x417.jpg\",\"width\":580,\"height\":417,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":69251},\"original\":{\"file\":\"Schreibmaschinenmuster-1.jpg\",\"width\":637,\"height\":458}},\n\"alt\" : \"Pattern of black, wavy lines on a white background, arranged regularly and symmetrically.\",\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  height-container-mobile\" style=\"padding-bottom:75%; 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