The Ministry of Culture of the
Republic of Armeniaand the
Typographische Gesellschaft Münchencall for entries for
Granshan 2015 8th 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
8th Granshan Competitionexplores the enormous potential of Non-Latin Typefaces. And this year, for the first time,
Hebrewhas been included, resulting in a total of 10 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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Hebrewtext 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
2012. All submitted fonts must comply with and use the
Unicode encodingsystem. Submissions can be single fonts or type families.
Entry fee: 20 Euro (
approx. 22 USD).
Eligibility
All type designers from all parts of the world are invited to take part in the competition.
Prize
In each of the ten categories up to
three certificateswill be awarded, and a jury of international experts will award the
Grand Prize Granshan 2015, including prize money of 1,000 Euro (
approx. 1,080 USD).
Moreover, samples of the winning entries will be exhibited at the different places all over the world. The winners will be announced at the
ATypI Conferencein Sao Paulo in
October 2015.