Where Scripts Bloom: The GRANSHAN Bloom Award 2025/2026
The world’s first international competition for Communication Design Beyond Latin - a celebration of the world’s writing systems and the designers who bring them to life.
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.
IP Protection as an Art: TypeType’s Flexible Licensing Control Strategy
Drawing on their own experience, the specialists at TypeType explain how type foundries and designers can stop unlicensed use of their products and get additional revenue while avoiding reputational risk.
Armenian Script × Typography: Edik Ghabuzyan to Speak at the National Hangeul Museum
On 30 November, the National Hangeul Museum in Seoul will host a special lecture titled “Armenian Script × Typography”, featuring Edik Ghabuzyan, co-founder, longterm vice president of GRANSHAN, now retired.
More Education and Infrastructure
Khajag Apelian is a lettering artist as well as a graphic and type designer who works with Armenian and Arabic scripts. He moves between type design, research, and education, is interested in how design can keep cultural practices alive and relevant.
Artist + Astrophysicist + Architect = Arabic Type Design
In our conversation, Lara shares her path from architecture to type design, her insights into the beauty and complexity of Arabic script, and her vision for the future of Arabic typography.
Tracing the Anatomy of Letters
Every script carries a body, a head, a spine, a rhythm. This insight traces how Devanagari and Arabic anatomy reveal the deep connection between language, craft, and visual logic.
Of Myths and Scripts: Crafting Type for Greek and Beyond
In Greek type design, form follows context - a principle Parachute® embraces as it bridges heritage and modernity. Each letter carries its own rhythm and intent, shaped not by imitation but by the dialogue between history, purpose, and design.
Futura®100: A Global Typeface for a Connected World
Futura®100 is not just a revival - it is a reinvention, designed to speak in the voices of cultures across the globe.
Bridging Cultures Through Letters: Typotheque’s Typographic Journey in Thailand
The story of Typotheque’s Thai typeface project began nearly a decade ago - not with software or shapes, but with a question: What does it mean to design Thai type that feels both native and modern?
Very Well Selected: Cadson Demak and the Modern Thai Typeface
“Why do we need new fonts? A type designer’s job is to make new fonts. But why is it necessary to keep making new fonts? Don’t we already have enough fonts around?”
Type Beyond Borders: 29LT and the Power of Multiscript Typography
Multiscript as Multivocal: The Typography of Content
The Hinglish Font – A Typographic Bridge Between Scripts
The Hinglish Font by designer Shirin Johari is a playful and practical response to India’s multilingual landscape - one that aligns with our interest in script innovation and accessibility.