Special Mention
Rezak
by Anya Danilova
Script Group:
Georgian
Category:
A1 Text Typefaces
Typeface Competition:
13th GRANSHAN Type Design Competition 2023/2024
Remarks of the Jury
A "broken" geometric rhythm is boldly introduced in this font, making it an interesting experiment. Despite the promising results at this stage, the font has potential for further refinement.
Due to the jury's decision, this typeface has been moved from the B1 Georgian-Latin Text Typefaces to the A1 Georgian Text Typefaces Category.
Description of the Typeface by the Submitter
A typeface was inspired by cutting letters out of a material. With only a few cuts, the shapes remain dark and simple. With more and more cuts, the shapes become lighter and more defined. It started as a student project and for the sake of the concept had a one range between the darkest style (least cuts, sans-serif) and the lightest style (regular, serif). Now, the type family grew into having separate Text styles which are serif, and a complimentary Display styles which are sans-serif. The roughness and irregularity of strokes provide a strong character to a typeface and translating this character into other scripts such as Georgian was not only a challenge but a constant discovery of the possibilities of shapes. Although the strong character of a typeface can limit the ways of using it, text styles have a major glyphset to be used in a broad range of tasks and can be read in text point sizes.