Gerard Unger

Gerard Unger

Gerard Unger was a world-renowned type designer. He studied graphic design, typography and type design at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy and later taught there as well as at at the University of Reading and the University of Leiden. A freelance designer since 1975, he designed stamps, coins, magazines, newspapers, books, logos, corporate identities, and many typefaces.

In 1984 he was awarded the H.N. Werkman Prize for his typographic work, for digital type designs in particular, and for his reconciliation of technology and typographic culture. In 1988 he won the Gravisie-prijs for the concept of his typeface Swift, and in 1991 he was awarded the international Maurits Enschedé-Prize. He wrote articles for the trade press, and several larger publ

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