| 2021 | Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia; Recipient of Honoris Causa. | |
| 2008 | Granshan – 2008, winner of grand prize. Odile typeface family. | |
| 2008 | TDC Tokyo Awards. Odile typeface family. | |
| 2006 | Design Award, Swiss Federal Office of Culture, Bern, Switzerland | |
| 2004 | Certificate of Typographic Excellence, Type Directors Club, New York, NY | |
| 2004 | Mitchell A. Wilder Merit Award for excellence in Publication and Media Design, awarded by the Texas Association of Museums, April 2004 | |
| 2004 | Honorable Mention for the 2004 Museum Publication Design Competition, awarded by the American Association of Museums, April 2004 | |
| 2002 | bukva:raz! International type design competition of the Association Typographique Internationale (ATypI). Winning entry | |
| 2000 | Certificate of Excellence in Type Design, Type Directors Club, New York, NY | |
| 1997 | Certificate of Typographic Excellence, Type Directors Club, New York, NY | |
| 1995 | CalArts scholarship, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA | |
| 1994-1995 | IKEA Foundation Switzerland, design scholarship, Switzerland |