With great respect, we would like to thank Edik Ghabuzyan for his unique contribution to Armenian type design and the establishment of GRANSHAN: In the 13th GRANSHAN Type Design Competition 2023/2024, the Armenian Script Group will become the "Edik Ghabuzyan Lifetime Achievement Award for Armenian Type Design".
In this Script Group, the submission costs are borne by GRANSHAN itself and are therefore free of charge for the submitters. In order to celebrate Edik Ghabuzyan and Armenian type design in particular, submissions will only be accepted in the A1/A2 category for text and display typefaces, which focuses on Armenian type design. The categories that focus on font combinations with Armenian typefaces, specifically B1/B2 and C1/C2 (non-Latin combined with Latin and Multiscript), will be paused in this 13th Type Design Competition.
In the usual three-stage process under the direction of Angela Poghosova, the evaluation will be carried out exclusively by outstanding Script Specialists from the modern tradition founded by Edik Ghabuzyan with the moderating support of GRANSHAN President Boris Kochan.