Nikola Djurek is a typeface designer born in Croatia, who studied in Croatia, Italy and finally in The Netherlands at postgraduate master course TypeMedia at Royal Academy of Art in The Hague. He earned his PhD degree in the graphic and type-design field. He is founder of the digital font foundry Typonine, his typefaces has gained international recognition for their quality and innovation. Following 10 years collaboration with Peter Biľak, Nikola joined Typotheque as partner in 2016. Nikola teaches at Art Academy – DVK, University of Split and University of Zagreb, Faculty of Design. Additionally, he is the Croatian country delegate for Association Typographique Internationale (ATypI), the organization of the international type community.
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The 6-week type design programme that you’ve been waiting for starts on 2 June and ends 10 July 2026.
Open to all Our summer programme is in English and covers typeface design and calligraphy techniques, type history, and software practices. Whether you’re a design pro or just curious about type design, you can learn all about it in a relatively short amount of time.
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