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2026 Type Design Incubator Applications NOW OPEN

27 Oct 2025

The Donald Knuth and Charles Bigelow Type Design Incubator (KBI) invites students—especially those from Digitally Disadvantaged Language communities—to explore typography in a supportive online program.

KBI is powered by SILICON at Stanford University, in partnership with Words of Type and Letterform Archive. The program is where equity in type design meets the urgent need to preserve and advance digitally disadvantaged and underrepresented languages and scripts.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Friday, November 14, 2025

COURSE BEGINS: JUNE 2026

APPLICATION TRACKS: (1) Decolonizing Latin & (2) Non-Latin Scripts
ELIGIBILITY: Open to students 18 years and older anywhere in the World — join us in redefining type!

APPLY: Learn More + Apply Here

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Successful Applicants receive 100% Scholarship, covering course tuition + required software. 

WE ARE SEEKING APPLICANTS WHO ARE:

  • Curious (or perhaps already passionate!) about type design, but who may lack extensive formal training
  • From *anywhere* in the world (i.e., this program is NOT limited to Stanford students)
  • 18 years or older (by June 2026)
  • We are especially eager to meet students from Digitally Disadvantaged Language communities

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