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Gerard Unger was born on 22 January, 1942 in Arnhem, Netherlands, is a Dutch typographer (1942–2018). Discover Gerard Unger's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 76 years old?

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Age 76 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 22 January, 1942
Birthday 22 January
Birthplace Arnhem, Netherlands
Date of death 23 November, 2018
Died Place Bussum, Netherlands
Nationality Netherlands

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His wife is Marjan Unger (1946–2018)

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1942

Gerard Unger (22 January 1942 – 23 November 2018) was a Dutch graphic and type designer.

1963

He studied at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam from 1963 to 1967, and subsequently worked at Total Design, Prad and Joh. Enschedé.

1975

In 1975, he established himself as an independent developer.

A long-time guest lecturer at the University of Reading, he mentored many modern typeface designers.

He lived and worked in Bussum, Netherlands.

Unger developed many typefaces over the years, of which several specially developed for newspapers (usually typefaces with a large x-height and large inner counters), such as Swift, Gulliver, Coranto and Vesta.

He also developed designs for magazines, coins, books, logos and stamps.

A large number of Unger's typefaces are available from Linotype and the Dutch Type Library; his more recent faces are also available through the foundry Type Together.

1984

Unger received various awards, including the H.N. Werkman prize (1984) the Maurits Enschedé prize (1991) and in 2009 the SOTA Typography Award.

1993

His newspaper face Gulliver (1993) is familiar to millions of readers, as it is the typeface used by several European newspapers, including the Stuttgarter Zeitung.

It was formerly used by USA Today over the course of a decade.

His typeface Coranto is the typeface for The Scotsman and the Brazilian newspaper Valor.

In addition to his work in type design, he was active in the field of education.

1994

Unger taught at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie for over 30 years, and from 1994, he was a visiting professor at the University of Reading at the Department of Typography and Graphic Communication.

1995

He released new work on his own website from 1995.

Unger designed typefaces for the signage systems of both the Dutch highways (ANWB-fonts) and the Amsterdam metro.

1997

His most important publication was Terwijl je leest (1997) (in English While You're Reading).

2004

In 2004, he delivered the Tiele-lecture (of the Dr. P.A. Tiele Stichting) under the title Veranderend lezen, lezend veranderen (rough translation: Transformed Reading).

2006

From 2006 to 2012, he was a lecturer in typography at the Department of Fine Arts of the University of Leiden.

It later appeared in various languages, and in 2006 it was completely revised and reprinted.

2008

In 2008 he received an honorary doctorate from the university of Hasselt, Belgium and in 2009 from Estonian Academy of Arts.

2012

In 2012 he was awarded the "Piet Zwart Lifetime Achievement Award" by the Association of Dutch Designers BNO.

2013

In September 2013, he received a PhD degree on a new typeface called Alverata, which he developed while researching medieval lettering.

2017

In 2017 he was awarded the TDC Medal by the Type Directors Club.

2018

Gerard Unger died at his home in Bussum on 23 November 2018, approximately five months after his wife's death.

Shortly after his death, the type foundry TypeTogether, publisher of many of Unger's typefaces, announced that their Typeface Publishing Incentive Program would be renamed the Gerard Unger Scholarship in his honor.

The yearly scholarship gives a student or recent graduate the opportunity to receive feedback and mentorship, as well as a monetary grant, as they complete a typeface designed during their studies.