Slipcase with all 14 books

Between 1925 and 1930, the Bauhaus published a series of 14 books, authored by teachers and friends of the legendary design school. The titles discussed the ideas of the Bauhaus in art, design and architecture. In response to the Bauhaus Centennial in 2019, all 14 Bauhausbücher were re-issued in 2021 by Lars Müller Publishers in collaboration with Bauhaus-Archiv / Museum für Gestaltung in a English translation, preserving the original typography and design.

The digital re-issue required the use of digital revivals of the original typefaces used – four of those books utilise LD Genzsch Antiqua by Michael Wörgötter / Lazydogs as their main text face: Book 10 Dutch Architecture by Jacobus Johannes Pieter Oud, Book 11 The Non-Objective World by Kasimir Malevich, Book 13 Cubism by Albert Gleizes, and Book 14 From Material to Architecture by László Moholy-Nagy. The typeface’s original features such as the historical hyphen and the em dash enable a redesign true to the original publication.

Book jacket of Dutch Architecture feat. Akzidenz-Grotesk fett

Pages 26–27 from Dutch Architecture feat. LD Genzsch Antiqua and Akzidenz-Grotesk. The caption uses an unidentified font, see comments.

Pages 28–29 from Dutch Architecture feat. LD Genzsch Antiqua and Akzidenz-Grotesk

Book jacket of Cubism with the English title added in Helvetica Inserat or similar, see comments

Pages 84–85 from Dutch Architecture feat. LD Genzsch Antiqua and Akzidenz-Grotesk

Double-page spread from Cubism feat. LD Genzsch Antiqua and what looks like Helvetica Extended

Pages 84–85 from Cubism feat. LD Genzsch Antiqua and Helvetica. Page numbers appear to be from Akzidenz-Grotesk Super.

Book jacket of From Material to Architecture, with the English title added in what looks like Akzidenz-Grotesk Bold

Pages 92–93 from From Material to Architecture feat. LD Genzsch Antiqua and Akzidenz-Grotesk (in Bold and Super weights)

Pages 96–97 from From Material to Architecture feat. LD Genzsch Antiqua and Akzidenz-Grotesk. The caption on the right is set in a digitization of Neue Moderne Grotesk, with the paragraph below in Volta.

With this comprehensive guide book, Heike Schnotale and Michael Wörgotter have presented a long overdue compendium on the subject of lead typesetting and letterpress printing. The book contains technical information, the historical background, practical tipps as well as anecdotes and stories of and around the craft.

The design of the book itself also alludes to the subject within: The book is largely typeset in Michael Wörgötter’s own LD Genzsch Antiqua – a revival type family that was created as the summation of his large scale research project into the original lead type Genzsch-Antiqua by Friedrich Bauer.

Bleisatz. Ein Werkstattbuch was published in Rheinwerk’s Design series.