2015 Gerard Unger Scholarship results

The project that most impressed our selection team was Noort, an in-progress typeface by Juan Bruce — currently an MATD student at the University of Reading. The original inspiration for Noort came from cartographic maps of the 17th century. Juan has been developing his typeface for editorial use, with a range of optical sizes to provide better performance in small text sizes. A generous x-height, long serifs, peculiar terminals, and a rough-style italic are all part of Noort’s charm. Juan’s intention is to support several languages, including Latin, Cyrillic, Greek, and Bengali.