BITS 11: Why multiscript typography and community matter
- Date
- March 2025
- Author(s)
- Josh Farmer
Making lasting type requires more than beautiful glyphs—it demands attention to multiscript needs, global education, and new talent. At BITS 11 in Bangkok, TypeTogether's Veronika Burian and José Scaglione joined Pooja Saxena to discuss their Primarium research, pan-African alphabet work, and the Gerard Unger Scholarship.
Making beautiful, functional, and effective type in the long-term requires a lot more than individual glyphs. Multiscript typography is becoming more crucial in an interconnected world, as is developing the next generation of type design talent.
At the BITS 11 conference in Bangkok (2025), our founders, Veronika Burian and José Scaglione, were invited to speak about multiscript typography, alongside type designer Pooja Saxena. The three had an informal and illuminating conversation about our Primarium project to map how handwriting is taught, research into pan-African alphabets, and the Gerard Unger Scholarship.
“Being a designer from Asia, it is always a pleasure to be at BITS, where this vast region’s multicultural and multiscript typographic concerns take centre stage,” Pooja said. “This time was particularly special because it came with the opportunity to share the stage with Veronika and José to talk about TypeTogether’s community-oriented initiatives, particularly Primarium, an effort I am proud to have been involved in.”
Click here for a nice video overview of the BITS11 event, in February 2025 in Bangkok
