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Summer vacation is almost here!
Summer of vacation, summer of yukata, summer of love, summer of assignments...
How do you plan to spend your summer?
The FONT SWITCH PROJECT is running a campaign to help you enjoy your FONT summer!
Twenty participants will be entered into a lottery to win a brand new collection of winning works from the Morisawa Type Design Competition 2016!
Come enjoy the typefaces of the future and the world's top typeface designs!
How to participate
[STEP 1] Follow the official FONT SWITCH PROJECT Twitter account (@fontswitchpjt)
[STEP 2] Choose the "Summer vacation is almost here" font that suits your mood from the two options below!
[STEP 3] Post using the Tweet button to complete your application!
"Kinrei Gyosho" or "Suzumushi", which style of calligraphy are you in the mood for right now?
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Morisawa Type Design Competition winning works collection (20 winners)
This book brings together the winning works from the Morisawa Type Design Competition 2016 and the judges' comments. Read this and you'll be ready for a FONT summer!
"Morisawa Type Design Competition"Huh?
The Morisawa Type Design Competition is a competition that invites typeface designs from around the world that are full of new expressive power and a spirit of challenge, with the hope of inspiring the next generation of type designers and expanding the possibilities for even richer typographic expression.
In 2016, submissions for both the Japanese and Latin language categories came from all over the world, with over 700 works submitted from 49 countries and regions.
Morisawa Type Design Competition Official Website
Application period
July 10, 2017 13:00 to July 28, 2017 17:00
Font introduction
Kinryogyosho
This typeface was awarded the Akashi Prize in the Japanese section of the Type Design Competition 2014 and has since been commercialized. It is characterized by the way it retains the feel of a calligrapher's brush strokes, and is designed freely while retaining the balance of handwriting, with the lines showing signs of hand movement, such as blurring, fading, and brushstrokes.
Suzumuri
This design typeface won three awards in the Japanese section of the Type Design Competition 2012: Morisawa Bronze Award, Akashi Award, and first place in the fan vote. It features a charming design with plump, fresh dots that give it a familiar feel, as if written with a brush saturated with ink.
Application Guidelines
・Applicants must be residents of Japan.
・Winners will be asked for their name, address, phone number, etc. via direct message on Twitter in order to deliver the prize. Please be aware of this in advance. If you do not contact us within one week of being notified of your winnings, your winnings will be invalid. Also, if you unfollow "@fontswitchpjt", your winnings will be invalid.
・The announcement of the winners will be replaced by notification to the winners.
・The rights acquired by winning the prize cannot be transferred to another person.
・This campaign will be managed entirely by Morisawa Inc. If deemed necessary, the application guidelines may be changed and any other measures necessary to ensure the proper operation of this campaign will be taken.
- When applying for this campaign, applicants must comply with these application requirements and the management methods of the Secretariat, and will not raise any objections to the management methods.
・Handling of personal information Your personal information will be managed in accordance with Morisawa's privacy policy. Please refer to the URL below for details on how we handle personal information you have provided.
http://www.morisawa.co.jp/privacy-policy/
Operator: Morisawa Co., Ltd.
http://www.morisawa.co.jp/
For inquiries, please contact: Morisawa Inc. Campaign Office
mpac@morisawa.co.jp