Arek Armenian typeface awarded main prize at Granshan 2010 Eastern Type Design CompetitionSeptember 29, 2010 - 20:48 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Arek Armenian typeface developed by graphic designer Khajag Apelian, Netherlands, was awarded the main prize at Granshan 2010, 3rd International Eastern Type Design Competition. The competition held September 8-9 in Dublin, featured 48 typefaces of 21 designers from 12 countries: Armenia (12), Ecuador (2), Germany (14), Greece (6), Ireland (1), Italy (1), Netherlands (1), Mexico (2), Russia (2), Serbia (1), UK (4), USA (2). By holding the competition, the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Armenia and the Typographic Society Munich intended to enhance the importance of Eastern script systems, beginning with three main fonts: Armenian, Cyrillic, and Greek. The game moved 3.5 million copies in the first 24 hours of release, which makes it now the fastest selling game in PC history. HP’s software division grew by over 20 percent to $970 million on the back of its takeover of British company Autonomy. The Museum and Australia’s government research house, the CSIRO, received AUD$2.4m of cash for the project. Moog received a Grammy Trustees Award for lifetime achievement in 1970. He died on August 21, 2005, because of brain tumor. |