WALTER DEXEL

 

 

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The arrangement of the single blocks may be necessary, but the design need not to be monotonous or stereotyped. It is always possible to highlight the most important information by leaving the largest possible empty space around it or by emphasizing particular lines. (...) There is no doubt that today there is a misuse of lines set at various angles, arrows, squares and strokes. These serve as crutches and are "modern gestures" which should be rejected as preventing legibility. Used merely decoratively, as happens only too often, these forms are no better than the ornamental borders and the vignettes found at the end of the program of a small town glee club.

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Walter Dexel, What is the new typography (1927)