Architype Van Doesburg
Architype Van Doesburg is a geometric sans-serif typeface based upon a 1919 alphabet designed by Theo van Doesburg, a cofounder of the De Stijl art movement. The digital revival shown at right was produced by Freda Sack and David Quay of The Foundry. The face is constructed entirely of perpendicular evenly weighted strokes.
Architype Van Doesburg
CC BY-SA 2.5
- Name
- Architype Van Doesburg
- Field
- sans-serif typeface · geometric typeface
- Period
- 1919
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Architype Van Doesburg is a geometric sans-serif typeface based upon a 1919 alphabet designed by Theo van Doesburg, a cofounder of the De Stijl art movement. The digital revival shown at right was produced by Freda Sack and David Quay of The Foundry. The face is constructed entirely of perpendicular evenly weighted strokes.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Architype Van Doesburg. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q2591742 · wikipedia · Architype Van Doesburg
In this article
Overview
Overview
Each character is based upon a square divided into a raster of 25 smaller squares. Van Doesburg's earliest uses of the alphabet was in limited quantity, made up of letterpress ruling pieces, and not as strictly formed as his more finished 1919 version. A similarly constructed rectilinear sans-serif typeface, designed in 1917 by Piet Zwart bears comparison. The face is similar to Van Doesburg's later 1928 alphabet designed for the Café Aubette in Strasbourg. Both faces anticipate later typographic explorations of geometric reductionism of Wim Crouwel's 1967 New Alphabet and early digital faces like Zuzana Licko's faces Lo-Res and Emperor 8. The Architype Van Doesburg typeface is part of a collection of several revivals of early twentieth century typographic experimentation designed by Freda Sack and David Quay of The Foundry.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Architype Van Doesburg • Style — Sans-serif • Classifications — Geometric • Creationdate — 1919 • Releasedate — 1997 • Creator — Freda Sack David Quay Theo van Doesburg • Foundry — The Foundry
Primary material
Documents and archives
reference work
- “Architype Van Doesburg”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
authority record
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q2591742: Architype Van Doesburg
General reference · Wikidata
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Secondary witnessauthority record
General reference
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 16 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Books
39,529 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Archil IIAuthor
- Archilochus of ParosAuthor
- Architype AlbersTerminology
- Architype van der LeckTerminology
- ArchpoetAuthor
- Arciom Viaryha-DareŭskiAuthor
- Arctinus of MiletusAuthor
- Arda CollinsAuthor
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own an object connected with Architype Van Doesburg?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.