“In 1925, shortly after [Walter] Gropius asked him to head up the graphics and typography workshop at the Dessau Bauhaus, [Herbert] Bayer designed his universal type, a simplified sans-serif design limited to lower case letters. Bayer convinced Gropius to use only lower case letters for all Bauhaus communications, from magazines to signage to invitations. In fact, Bayer would use only lower case letters for the rest of his life, including for the titles of all his future art works.”

—Michael Paglia, from Herbert Bayer: Beyond the Bauhaus, an article in Modernism magazine, Summer 2005.