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News, findings and blog posts—Insights is where the GRANSHAN editorial team shares interesting facts, views and curiosities from the global world of script, type design and typography with a special focus on all matters beyond Latin. Various authors from the community get a word here, as do experts on special topics and selected professionals from other sectors.
Finding the Chemistry: A Practical Guide to Pairing Fonts
Pairing a sans and a serif is common practice in Latin type design — but does the same logic hold in Cyrillic? TypeType's TT Norms® Pro, TT Livret, and TT Ricordi Marmo pairings put it to the test, script by script.
Complementing Each Other: Font Pairs Using TT Norms® Pro and TT Norms® Pro Serif as an Example
Every great vocal track has more than one voice. Fonts work the same way - meet TT Norms® Pro Serif, the perfect harmony to TT Norms® Pro.
Breaking the Font: How #30daysofakuru Turned Letterforms into a Creative Movement
A letter a day, no fonts allowed- that's the deceptively simple rule behind #30daysofakuru, the Sri Lankan challenge that's turned Sinhala and Tamil letterforms into a global creative movement. Seven years, no winners, just thousands of reinterpretations. Here's the story behind it.
How Playpen Sans Became a Multi script Family
TypeTogether set out to solve the repetition problem in casual type. What they built along the way expanded into scripts far beyond Latin
Hanzi - Chinese Characters
The historical development of the Hanzi, one of the oldest continuously used writing systems in the world, with a history spanning more than three millennia.
From Seed to Bloom - The New Visual Identity of the GRANSHAN Bloom Award
From seed to bloom — introducing the new visual identity of the Bloom Awards by GRANSHAN, the first global communication design award dedicated to scripts beyond Latin.
A Double-Edged Sword
New Delhi-based multidisciplinary designer and creative entrepreneur Anant Ahuja — better known as »typethug« — works at the intersection of typography, culture, and contemporary design.
A Letter from the GRANSHAN President
One world. But so many realities — drifting apart depending on where you are. GRANSHAN President Boris Kochan on new timelines, the postponed conference, and why GRANSHAN's mission matters more, not less, in times like these.
Some Digital Headaches
Irene Vlachou's work includes lectures and workshops on Greek typeface design and variable fonts, as well as the creation of technical manuals for the Greek script.
A hairdresser for letters
Sovichet Tep lives in Cambodia's capital Phnom Penh. With his studio Anagata, he specializes in typeface design and brand identity.
Three scripts in one
Toshi Omagari is an award-winning typeface designer and Chairman of the GRANSHAN Type Design Competition.