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Elia Preuss

Student at HGB Leipzig in 2018. Designer of Reross (2018), a poster sans typeface published as part of the Adobe Originals collection. This typeface revives an alphabet by Bauhaus designer Reinhold Rossig (from 1929) and was influenced by the poster art of Hermann Werner Kubsch. Adobe expalins: Of all student work produced in Joost Schmidt's Bauhaus classes, Reinhold Rossig's (1903-1979) alphabet designs are perhaps closest to his master's teachings: monolinear, geometric lettering, constructed on grids using compass and ruler. Drafts by Rossig, dated 1929, also demonstrate explorations of letterform width and x-height. Almost ninety years later, Elia Preuss carefully preserves Rossig's letters and considerations in a proper typeface, by overcoming most of the optical mistakes captured in true geometric letterforms. To carry Rossig's design further away from Schmidt's influence, Preuss also lent more characteristic letters found on poster designs by fellow Bauhaus student Hermann Werner Kubsch. Reross is a true Bauhaus-influenced geometric sans, equipped with different historic influences and contemporary features.

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