Scholarship anniversary, book & events

This year we are honouring our friend the late Dr. Gerard Unger, celebrating the tenth anniversary of our scholarship named after him, and recognising the designers and their winning work. That means there’s lots to tell you about.

First up is the book, Letters for the future: Ten years of the Gerard Unger Scholarship. After almost a year in production under the expert editorial guidance of Linda Kudrnovská, this inspiring work is now ready for your reading pleasure. It discusses Unger and his contributions to type design, his attitude and adeptness at instruction, and the foundational legacy he left within the design world. Interviews with each winner, tons of sketches and images, and personal stories complete its pages.

To complement the book, TypeTogether will be hosting a catered exhibition at Fonstand this Friday, 14 March 2025. A few of the core team and some of the past scholarship winners will be there, and we will have posters and the book available for purchase. We are sponsoring the event, so come grab some food, peruse the products, and toast to what has been accomplished with expectation for what’s next.

José and Veronika will also be giving a special talk at Fontstand on Saturday (15 March) about the importance of investing in the next generation of type designers, lessons learned over the course of the scholarship’s last decade, and what may lie ahead.

We are excited about this milestone and can’t wait to see you at Fonststand! If you can’t make it to the conference, grab Letters for the future for some typographic inspiration.

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