The repetition of simple geometric shapes forms a daily part of our environment. Throughout the 20th century – and into the 21st – typefaces whose designs have taken advantage of this have remained popular. But finding exactly the right mood can be tricky. For your convenience, we have grouped some of our favorite geometric typefaces (mostly sans serif and symbol) into four categories: circles, squares, ovals, and triangles.
Paul Renner – born 9.8.1878 in Wernigerode, Germany, died 25.4.1956 in Hödingen, Germany – graphic artist, painter, type designer, author, teacher.
Studied architecture and painting in Berlin, Munich and Karlsruhe. Then worked as a painter in Munich. 1907-17: production assistant and presentation manager for Georg Müller Verlag in Munich. 1911: cofounder of a private school for illustration in Munich. 1925-26: head of the commercial art and typography department at the Frankfurter
[...]The American designer Edwin W. Shaar created the fonts Flash™ (1939), Futura® Script (1954), Gazette® (1977), Nuptial Script™ (app. 1952) and Okay (1939).
Presented by the Bauerschen Giesserei in 1928, Futura® font has been commonly known as the font development of the Bauhaus.
Although there was no direct association, Renner's Futura® font was indeed based on the simple forms of circle, triangle and square. Futura® is a geometrically constructed typeface which reflects the ideas of the Bauhaus and the 'New Typography'.
Over time, Paul Renner made some changes to make Futura® font more legible. It has long ascenders and descenders and therefore
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