Johannes Ludovicus Mathieu Lauweriks was a Dutch architect and designer, b. Roermond, 1864, d. Amsterdam, 1932. As a theorist and an artist, Lauweriks had great influence on early 20th-century movements such as the Amsterdam School, De Stijl and the Bauhaus...

He created Quadratuuralfabet in 1900. That typeface was digitally revived and extended by Nick Sherman ca. 2019 as Lauweriks. - Luc Devroy