Applications for HMCT Typography Fellowship 2026 are now open!

HMCT is offering a fellowship to a student who will work with the 2026 Typographer-in-Residence, Fer Cozzi. Over 8 weeks beginning in February, the fellow will support Fer Cozzi’s typographic research and design a publication documenting the findings collected during the residency. This opportunity is ideal for ArtCenter Graphics students interested in research-driven typography projects.

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

> Start date: Monday, February 9, 2026 (week 4).

> Duration: 8 weeks (25 hrs/week): the specific times will be determined in consultation with the Resident and HMCT staff.

> Compensation: $7,500 distributed over the 8 weeks.

> Location: HMCT, Room 104, ArtCenter South Campus/950 Building.

RESPONSIBILITIES

> First 4 weeks (in person): Collaborate closely with the Typographer-in-Residence, assisting with research, documentation, and accessing ArtCenter resources.

> Remaining 4 weeks (in person): Create a publication based on materials and insights generated during the residency. Work and check in regularly with HMCT creative staff and Fer Cozzi, who will provide guidance and support throughout the process.

> Write a blog post for HMCT’s website detailing your fellowship experience.

REQUIREMENTS

> Open to Gx/MGx students who graduated in Fall 2025 or are graduating in Spring/Summer 2026.

> Demonstrated commitment to typography as a craft, with curiosity about how letterforms are made, shaped, and studied.

> Ability to work with typographic material in a research setting (reading specimens, comparing structures, organizing findings).

> Strong layout and publication-design skills.

> Familiarity with font design software is a plus.

BENEFITS

> Gain practical experience collaborating with a professional researcher/designer.

> Strengthen your understanding of type design and typographic systems through hands-on work with primary material.

> Build a portfolio project that reflects a serious engagement with research-driven typography.

> Access HMCT’s extensive resources and participate in typography-focused activities.

APPLICATION PROCESS

> Visit this link to complete the application form.
> Application Deadline: January 25, 2026

For any questions, please contact hmct@artcenter.edu, subject heading “HMCT Fellowship.”

ABOUT FER COZZI

Fer Cozzi is a type designer from Buenos Aires whose work grows from long study, steady practice, and a clear curiosity about how letters behave. She studied at the University of Buenos Aires and completed the CDT Type Design Specialization, later expanding her focus through programs dedicated to Devanagari, Cyrillic, Python for type design, and calligraphy. She works independently and collaborates with studios internationally on custom type, extensions, wordmarks, and typographic consultancy.
Alongside her practice, she has built a substantial teaching presence. She is a professor in the Master in Type Design at the University of Buenos Aires, teaches in Type West Online at Letterform Archive, and leads workshops across Latin America, the United States, and Europe. What makes her teaching compelling is the blend of research and practice she brings into the room. Students who work with her get insight into how contemporary type is made, tested, revised, and understood within a larger cultural context.
She has been part of key studies on Latin American typography and has given talks at ATypI, Bauhaus Universität Weimar, and numerous design festivals, often sharing her process with a mix of rigor and openness. Her projects have received recognition from Gerard Unger Scholarship juries, Modern Cyrillic, Founder Type Design Competition, Sello Buen Diseño, Typographica’s Favorite Typefaces, and Tipos Latinos. 

ABOUT THE RESEARCH PROJECT

The project proposes an exploration of the shapes in the Latin alphabet, approaching letters as acts of expression. Through close attention to the experience of reading, it will investigate ways of giving form to language by studying the graphic, syntactic, and semantic systems that shape how writing is perceived. It will consider how the identity of letters emerges from the tension between established conventions and new possibilities, and how gesture and movement in writing can influence that balance. The outcome will be a typographic system with multiple variables shaped by these investigations.

PAST HMCT FELLOWS

> 2016: Jonny Woods

> 2017: Austin Redman

> 2018: Lavinia Lascaris

> 2019: Carina Huynh

> 2020: Ann Suerto

> 2021: Ximena Amaya

> 2023: Josiah Tersieff

> 2025: Colette Syed