The Ministry of Culture of the
Republic of Armeniaand the
Typographische Gesellschaft Münchencall for entries for
Granshan 2014 7th International Competition for Non-Latin Typefaces.
The characters of written script are totally linked to the cultural memory of any society and form an integral part of its DNA. And while Latin scripts still dominate the global day-to-day life, the future lies in the diversity of local worlds of script.
The
7th Granshan Competitionbrings together the power of local and international scripts. And this year, for the first time,
Thaiand
Koreanlanguages have been included, for a total of 9 categories:
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Armeniantext typefaces
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Arabictext typefaces
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Chinesetext typefaces
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Cyrillictext typefaces
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Greektext typefaces
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Indictext typefaces
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Thaitext typefaces
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Koreantext typefaces
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Displaytypefaces
Eligible are
all typefacesthat have been designed or digitized after
2012and meet the competition requirements.
All submitted fonts must comply with and use the
Unicode encodingsystem. Submissions can be single fonts or type families.
Entry fee: 20 Euro (approx. 27 USD)
Eligibility
All type designers from all parts of the world are invited to take part in the competition.
Prize
In each of the nine categories up to
three certificateswill be awarded, and a jury of international experts will award the
Grand Prize Granshan 2014, including prize money of 1,000 Euro (approx. 1,360 USD).
The jury will meet between
September 16th and 19th, 2014in Barcelona.
The winners will be announced on
September 20th, 2014at the ATypI Gala.