We are proud to announce the release of our new book, Letters for the future: Ten years of the Gerard Unger Scholarship! It recognises the designers and their winning work, honours our friend, the late Dr. Gerard Unger, and celebrates the tenth anniversary of our scholarship named after him.
The Gerard Unger Scholarship is a mentorship programme recognising the current skill and future promise of new typeface designers — it is fuel to the creative fires already burning. After almost a year in production under the expert editorial guidance of Linda Kudrnovská and beautifully designed by Tereza Bettinardi, the book Letters for the future: Ten years of the Gerard Unger Scholarship is now available in our store!
The book is full of interviews with each winning designer, tons of sketches and images, and personal stories. It discusses such diverse topics as the magic that type is, mental health and drastic life changes, hard work and continuous learning, and much more. Its pages are completed with discussions of Unger and his contributions to type design, his attitude and adeptness at instruction, and the foundational legacy he left within the design world.
Letters for the future is wrapped in a beautiful fold-out poster that serves as the dust jacket for its 80 pages. To make the most of its beautiful paper (Arena Natural by Fedrigoni), we’ve made it a large format work (330 x 240 mm) to encourage full immersion in the details.
We invite you to join in celebrating ten years of the Gerard Unger Scholarship, meet the winners and merit awardees, and revel in their highly-awarded original typefaces. In so doing, we recognise the importance of partnerships for success, sound craftsmanship, and creating noteworthy designs for now and the future.
TypeTogether is an indie type foundry committed to excellence in type design with a focus on editorial use. Additionally, TypeTogether creates custom type design for corporate use. We invite you to browse our library of retail fonts or contact us to discuss custom type design projects.
