Special Mention
Rezak Display
by Anya Danilova
Script Group:
Georgian
Category:
A2 Display Typeface
Typeface Competition:
13th GRANSHAN Type Design Competition 2023/2024
Remarks of the Jury
This characteristic font harmonizes its silhouette with a complex rhythm and incorporates a unique decorative style while maintaining the traditional forms of the Georgian "Mkhedruli" script.
Due to the jury's decision, this typeface has been moved from the B2 Georgian-Latin Display Typefaces to the A2 Georgian Display 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. The Black style is truly the darkest and was made with as little "cuts" as possible while maintaining legibility. The Incised version is based on Black one and can be used overlayed with it, providing more opportunities for using color in design.