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GRANSHAN is the hub for global visual identity. We celebrate typefaces and typography, design and communication that enable communities beyond Latin to develop culture and enterprises in a balance between local, regional, and global.
New SuFo Insight ⬇️
IP Protection as an Art
TypeType shares how flexible licensing control can:
• Protect fonts
• Educate users
• Build sustainable revenue
Explore the full insight: buff.ly/PizrHGU
IP Protection as an Art
TypeType shares how flexible licensing control can:
• Protect fonts
• Educate users
• Build sustainable revenue
Explore the full insight: buff.ly/PizrHGU
December 18, 2025 at 4:24 PM
New SuFo Insight ⬇️
IP Protection as an Art
TypeType shares how flexible licensing control can:
• Protect fonts
• Educate users
• Build sustainable revenue
Explore the full insight: buff.ly/PizrHGU
IP Protection as an Art
TypeType shares how flexible licensing control can:
• Protect fonts
• Educate users
• Build sustainable revenue
Explore the full insight: buff.ly/PizrHGU
“Armenian isn’t a niche script - it has a huge historical and geographical reach.” - Khajag Apelian 🎙 New interview in our Talking with Script Experts series.
Read more: buff.ly/cenjK2Z
#Granshan #ArmenianScript #TypeDesign
Read more: buff.ly/cenjK2Z
#Granshan #ArmenianScript #TypeDesign
November 28, 2025 at 7:14 AM
“Armenian isn’t a niche script - it has a huge historical and geographical reach.” - Khajag Apelian 🎙 New interview in our Talking with Script Experts series.
Read more: buff.ly/cenjK2Z
#Granshan #ArmenianScript #TypeDesign
Read more: buff.ly/cenjK2Z
#Granshan #ArmenianScript #TypeDesign
On 30 November, Edik Ghabuzyan GRANSHAN co-founder and leading Armenian type designer will speak at the National Hangeul Museum in Seoul.
GRANSHAN congratulates him and celebrates this recognition of Armenian typography on the global stage.
GRANSHAN congratulates him and celebrates this recognition of Armenian typography on the global stage.
November 27, 2025 at 2:11 PM
On 30 November, Edik Ghabuzyan GRANSHAN co-founder and leading Armenian type designer will speak at the National Hangeul Museum in Seoul.
GRANSHAN congratulates him and celebrates this recognition of Armenian typography on the global stage.
GRANSHAN congratulates him and celebrates this recognition of Armenian typography on the global stage.
🎙 New Interview Series: “Talking with GRANSHAN script experts”
Meet Lara Captan, artist, astrophysicist, architect and Arabic type designer.
Discover her thoughts on Arabic script, the evolution of type technology.
✨ Read the full interview on GRANSHAN: buff.ly/O7OZbG4
Meet Lara Captan, artist, astrophysicist, architect and Arabic type designer.
Discover her thoughts on Arabic script, the evolution of type technology.
✨ Read the full interview on GRANSHAN: buff.ly/O7OZbG4
November 21, 2025 at 9:40 AM
🎙 New Interview Series: “Talking with GRANSHAN script experts”
Meet Lara Captan, artist, astrophysicist, architect and Arabic type designer.
Discover her thoughts on Arabic script, the evolution of type technology.
✨ Read the full interview on GRANSHAN: buff.ly/O7OZbG4
Meet Lara Captan, artist, astrophysicist, architect and Arabic type designer.
Discover her thoughts on Arabic script, the evolution of type technology.
✨ Read the full interview on GRANSHAN: buff.ly/O7OZbG4
Meet Eunyou Noh, Korean Script Chair and Type Design Director at Sandoll.
With a PhD in Hangul type design and a Master’s in TypeMedia from KABK, her work bridges history, craft, and innovation.
#GRANSHAN #Typography #Hangul #TypeDesign #EunyouNoh #Sandoll #GlyphsTypeDesign
With a PhD in Hangul type design and a Master’s in TypeMedia from KABK, her work bridges history, craft, and innovation.
#GRANSHAN #Typography #Hangul #TypeDesign #EunyouNoh #Sandoll #GlyphsTypeDesign
October 29, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Meet Eunyou Noh, Korean Script Chair and Type Design Director at Sandoll.
With a PhD in Hangul type design and a Master’s in TypeMedia from KABK, her work bridges history, craft, and innovation.
#GRANSHAN #Typography #Hangul #TypeDesign #EunyouNoh #Sandoll #GlyphsTypeDesign
With a PhD in Hangul type design and a Master’s in TypeMedia from KABK, her work bridges history, craft, and innovation.
#GRANSHAN #Typography #Hangul #TypeDesign #EunyouNoh #Sandoll #GlyphsTypeDesign
How do we name the shapes of our languages?
Every script carries its own anatomy, rhythm, and history.
Typography is cultural archaeology, uncovering how languages move, breathe, and connect.
🔗 Read the full article on GRANSHAN Insights: buff.ly/awRwVb2
Every script carries its own anatomy, rhythm, and history.
Typography is cultural archaeology, uncovering how languages move, breathe, and connect.
🔗 Read the full article on GRANSHAN Insights: buff.ly/awRwVb2
October 17, 2025 at 7:47 AM
How do we name the shapes of our languages?
Every script carries its own anatomy, rhythm, and history.
Typography is cultural archaeology, uncovering how languages move, breathe, and connect.
🔗 Read the full article on GRANSHAN Insights: buff.ly/awRwVb2
Every script carries its own anatomy, rhythm, and history.
Typography is cultural archaeology, uncovering how languages move, breathe, and connect.
🔗 Read the full article on GRANSHAN Insights: buff.ly/awRwVb2
The Donald Knuth and Charles Bigelow Type Design Incubator (KBI) invites students - especially those from Digitally Disadvantaged Language communities - to explore typography in a supportive online program.
🔗 Learn more kbitype.org
🔗 Learn more kbitype.org
October 15, 2025 at 6:14 AM
The Donald Knuth and Charles Bigelow Type Design Incubator (KBI) invites students - especially those from Digitally Disadvantaged Language communities - to explore typography in a supportive online program.
🔗 Learn more kbitype.org
🔗 Learn more kbitype.org
Designing Greek Type: Of Myths and Scripts Crafting Type for Greek and Beyond
Discover how designers balance history and innovation in Greek type design now on GRANSHAN Insights 👉 buff.ly/heIxo1l
#GRANSHAN #SuFo #GRANSHANInsights #GreekTypography
Discover how designers balance history and innovation in Greek type design now on GRANSHAN Insights 👉 buff.ly/heIxo1l
#GRANSHAN #SuFo #GRANSHANInsights #GreekTypography
October 11, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Designing Greek Type: Of Myths and Scripts Crafting Type for Greek and Beyond
Discover how designers balance history and innovation in Greek type design now on GRANSHAN Insights 👉 buff.ly/heIxo1l
#GRANSHAN #SuFo #GRANSHANInsights #GreekTypography
Discover how designers balance history and innovation in Greek type design now on GRANSHAN Insights 👉 buff.ly/heIxo1l
#GRANSHAN #SuFo #GRANSHANInsights #GreekTypography
Sovichet turned his passion into a profession. He has created both open-source and custom typefaces for global and local clients such as Google, Grab, Xiaomi, Carlsberg Group, Peng Huoth Group, Cadson Demak, Typotheque, and TypeTogether.
October 7, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Sovichet turned his passion into a profession. He has created both open-source and custom typefaces for global and local clients such as Google, Grab, Xiaomi, Carlsberg Group, Peng Huoth Group, Cadson Demak, Typotheque, and TypeTogether.
A century after its birth, Futura® speaks the world’s languages.
TypeTogether’s Futura®100 revives a modernist icon as a multiscript family, uniting designers from across cultures in a single typographic vision.
Read more on GRANSHAN Insights 👉 buff.ly/fEN6scg
TypeTogether’s Futura®100 revives a modernist icon as a multiscript family, uniting designers from across cultures in a single typographic vision.
Read more on GRANSHAN Insights 👉 buff.ly/fEN6scg
October 1, 2025 at 7:15 PM
A century after its birth, Futura® speaks the world’s languages.
TypeTogether’s Futura®100 revives a modernist icon as a multiscript family, uniting designers from across cultures in a single typographic vision.
Read more on GRANSHAN Insights 👉 buff.ly/fEN6scg
TypeTogether’s Futura®100 revives a modernist icon as a multiscript family, uniting designers from across cultures in a single typographic vision.
Read more on GRANSHAN Insights 👉 buff.ly/fEN6scg
Meet Panuwat Usakulwattana, senior type designer at Cadson Demak and educator shaping Thai typography. His work spans Thutiya (GRANSHAN 2017 winner), Tatsana Suksa for the Tourism Authority of Thailand, Panpuri Sans, and Bree Thai for TypeTogether - modern voice to Thai design.
September 30, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Meet Panuwat Usakulwattana, senior type designer at Cadson Demak and educator shaping Thai typography. His work spans Thutiya (GRANSHAN 2017 winner), Tatsana Suksa for the Tourism Authority of Thailand, Panpuri Sans, and Bree Thai for TypeTogether - modern voice to Thai design.
Bridging Cultures Through Letters ✨
In our latest SuFo Insight, we look at @Typotheque’s decade-long journey of designing Thai typefaces - built on research, local collaboration, historical study, and cognitive legibility.
👉 Read the full story: buff.ly/KZwwNYN
In our latest SuFo Insight, we look at @Typotheque’s decade-long journey of designing Thai typefaces - built on research, local collaboration, historical study, and cognitive legibility.
👉 Read the full story: buff.ly/KZwwNYN
September 1, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Bridging Cultures Through Letters ✨
In our latest SuFo Insight, we look at @Typotheque’s decade-long journey of designing Thai typefaces - built on research, local collaboration, historical study, and cognitive legibility.
👉 Read the full story: buff.ly/KZwwNYN
In our latest SuFo Insight, we look at @Typotheque’s decade-long journey of designing Thai typefaces - built on research, local collaboration, historical study, and cognitive legibility.
👉 Read the full story: buff.ly/KZwwNYN
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?
Read our insight and learn more about Cadson Demak and the Modern Thai Typeface
buff.ly/HjI40Ps
Read our insight and learn more about Cadson Demak and the Modern Thai Typeface
buff.ly/HjI40Ps
August 14, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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?
Read our insight and learn more about Cadson Demak and the Modern Thai Typeface
buff.ly/HjI40Ps
Read our insight and learn more about Cadson Demak and the Modern Thai Typeface
buff.ly/HjI40Ps
Meet Lasha Giorgadze, a Georgian typographer shaping alphabets and identities.
With over a decade in the field, Lasha has crafted 30+ unique typefaces in Latin and Georgian scripts. Two-time winner of Georgia’s national type competition, his work bridges culture, craft, and clarity.
#LashaGiorgadze
With over a decade in the field, Lasha has crafted 30+ unique typefaces in Latin and Georgian scripts. Two-time winner of Georgia’s national type competition, his work bridges culture, craft, and clarity.
#LashaGiorgadze
August 8, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Meet Lasha Giorgadze, a Georgian typographer shaping alphabets and identities.
With over a decade in the field, Lasha has crafted 30+ unique typefaces in Latin and Georgian scripts. Two-time winner of Georgia’s national type competition, his work bridges culture, craft, and clarity.
#LashaGiorgadze
With over a decade in the field, Lasha has crafted 30+ unique typefaces in Latin and Georgian scripts. Two-time winner of Georgia’s national type competition, his work bridges culture, craft, and clarity.
#LashaGiorgadze
Continuing our #GRANSHAN community series — meet Khajag Apelian, a lettering artist and type designer blending Armenian, Arabic & Latin scripts with cultural depth.
Now working under debakir, Khajag teaches, designs, and uplifts script diversity worldwide.
#KhajagApelian
Now working under debakir, Khajag teaches, designs, and uplifts script diversity worldwide.
#KhajagApelian
August 5, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Continuing our #GRANSHAN community series — meet Khajag Apelian, a lettering artist and type designer blending Armenian, Arabic & Latin scripts with cultural depth.
Now working under debakir, Khajag teaches, designs, and uplifts script diversity worldwide.
#KhajagApelian
Now working under debakir, Khajag teaches, designs, and uplifts script diversity worldwide.
#KhajagApelian
We’re pleased to share a closer look at Devanagari Two, a 12-week online course led by Kimya Gandhi and organized by Practica Program. Designed for type designers with prior experience in Devanagari, the course offers guidance and community support to help develop a working Devanagari typeface.
July 31, 2025 at 8:01 AM
We’re pleased to share a closer look at Devanagari Two, a 12-week online course led by Kimya Gandhi and organized by Practica Program. Designed for type designers with prior experience in Devanagari, the course offers guidance and community support to help develop a working Devanagari typeface.
Why do we still need new fonts?
Discover how Cadson Demak redefined modern Thai typography through tradition, innovation, and looped identity. 👉 Read our insight: buff.ly/71h2M3b
#Typography #ThaiType #CadsonDemak #Granshan #FontDesign #TypeCulture
Discover how Cadson Demak redefined modern Thai typography through tradition, innovation, and looped identity. 👉 Read our insight: buff.ly/71h2M3b
#Typography #ThaiType #CadsonDemak #Granshan #FontDesign #TypeCulture
July 28, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Why do we still need new fonts?
Discover how Cadson Demak redefined modern Thai typography through tradition, innovation, and looped identity. 👉 Read our insight: buff.ly/71h2M3b
#Typography #ThaiType #CadsonDemak #Granshan #FontDesign #TypeCulture
Discover how Cadson Demak redefined modern Thai typography through tradition, innovation, and looped identity. 👉 Read our insight: buff.ly/71h2M3b
#Typography #ThaiType #CadsonDemak #Granshan #FontDesign #TypeCulture
Shirin Johari’s Hinglish Font cleverly blends English and Hindi scripts to make Hindi more accessible—without losing its character. Discover how typography can bridge cultures in our latest GRANSHAN Insights feature.
🔗 Read the blog: buff.ly/vn8axs6
🔗 Read the blog: buff.ly/vn8axs6
July 16, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Shirin Johari’s Hinglish Font cleverly blends English and Hindi scripts to make Hindi more accessible—without losing its character. Discover how typography can bridge cultures in our latest GRANSHAN Insights feature.
🔗 Read the blog: buff.ly/vn8axs6
🔗 Read the blog: buff.ly/vn8axs6
Meet Titus Nemeth, a leading voice in Arabic type design. From his groundbreaking Nassim font for BBC Arabic to collaborations with Adobe, Lineto, and Morisawa, his work shapes both practice and history.
#GRANSHAN #TitusNemeth #ArabicTypography #TypeDesign #Multiscript #FontDesign
#GRANSHAN #TitusNemeth #ArabicTypography #TypeDesign #Multiscript #FontDesign
June 12, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Meet Titus Nemeth, a leading voice in Arabic type design. From his groundbreaking Nassim font for BBC Arabic to collaborations with Adobe, Lineto, and Morisawa, his work shapes both practice and history.
#GRANSHAN #TitusNemeth #ArabicTypography #TypeDesign #Multiscript #FontDesign
#GRANSHAN #TitusNemeth #ArabicTypography #TypeDesign #Multiscript #FontDesign
The GRANSHAN Exhibition at DIVE’25
Celebrating the power of script diversity and typographic innovation, the GRANSHAN Exhibition at DIVE’25 showcased a curated selection of multiscript and beyond Latin typefaces.
🔍 Find out more on GRANSHAN Insight buff.ly/9OlKIyr
Celebrating the power of script diversity and typographic innovation, the GRANSHAN Exhibition at DIVE’25 showcased a curated selection of multiscript and beyond Latin typefaces.
🔍 Find out more on GRANSHAN Insight buff.ly/9OlKIyr
June 9, 2025 at 10:02 AM
The GRANSHAN Exhibition at DIVE’25
Celebrating the power of script diversity and typographic innovation, the GRANSHAN Exhibition at DIVE’25 showcased a curated selection of multiscript and beyond Latin typefaces.
🔍 Find out more on GRANSHAN Insight buff.ly/9OlKIyr
Celebrating the power of script diversity and typographic innovation, the GRANSHAN Exhibition at DIVE’25 showcased a curated selection of multiscript and beyond Latin typefaces.
🔍 Find out more on GRANSHAN Insight buff.ly/9OlKIyr
Meet Minjoo Ham — a Berlin-based type designer shaping global type culture with her Latin & Hangul multi-script work. From Seoul to The Hague to custom fonts for international clients, her designs celebrate script diversity.
#GRANSHAN #MinjooHam #TypeDesign #Multiscript
#GRANSHAN #MinjooHam #TypeDesign #Multiscript
June 6, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Meet Minjoo Ham — a Berlin-based type designer shaping global type culture with her Latin & Hangul multi-script work. From Seoul to The Hague to custom fonts for international clients, her designs celebrate script diversity.
#GRANSHAN #MinjooHam #TypeDesign #Multiscript
#GRANSHAN #MinjooHam #TypeDesign #Multiscript
At the DIVE 25 conference in Munich, Veronika Burian - type designer, TypeTogether co-founder, and GRANSHAN Chairwoman, delivered a powerful keynote: “Schrift verbindet” (“Writing Connects”).
👉 Find out more in GRANSHAN insight
buff.ly/asl4GE8
📸 Credit: Norman Posset
#GRANSHAN #DIVE25
👉 Find out more in GRANSHAN insight
buff.ly/asl4GE8
📸 Credit: Norman Posset
#GRANSHAN #DIVE25
June 5, 2025 at 12:23 PM
At the DIVE 25 conference in Munich, Veronika Burian - type designer, TypeTogether co-founder, and GRANSHAN Chairwoman, delivered a powerful keynote: “Schrift verbindet” (“Writing Connects”).
👉 Find out more in GRANSHAN insight
buff.ly/asl4GE8
📸 Credit: Norman Posset
#GRANSHAN #DIVE25
👉 Find out more in GRANSHAN insight
buff.ly/asl4GE8
📸 Credit: Norman Posset
#GRANSHAN #DIVE25
Meet Neelakash Kshetrimayum — type designer from Manipur, co-founder of TTDD India, and part of our ongoing #GRANSHAN community series. With a focus on Indic scripts, his work includes fonts for Adobe, Monotype, Typotheque & ABP.
#Typography #TypeDesign #GranshanCommunity
#Typography #TypeDesign #GranshanCommunity
May 30, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Meet Neelakash Kshetrimayum — type designer from Manipur, co-founder of TTDD India, and part of our ongoing #GRANSHAN community series. With a focus on Indic scripts, his work includes fonts for Adobe, Monotype, Typotheque & ABP.
#Typography #TypeDesign #GranshanCommunity
#Typography #TypeDesign #GranshanCommunity
As part of GRANSHAN’s ongoing community spotlight series, we’re proud to highlight the extraordinary work of Dr. Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès — design researcher, educator, curator, and a leading voice in Arabic type design.
#GRANSHAN #ArabicTypography #KhattFoundation #HudaAbiFarès
#GRANSHAN #ArabicTypography #KhattFoundation #HudaAbiFarès
May 27, 2025 at 6:11 PM
As part of GRANSHAN’s ongoing community spotlight series, we’re proud to highlight the extraordinary work of Dr. Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès — design researcher, educator, curator, and a leading voice in Arabic type design.
#GRANSHAN #ArabicTypography #KhattFoundation #HudaAbiFarès
#GRANSHAN #ArabicTypography #KhattFoundation #HudaAbiFarès
Meet Kostas Bartsokas, a Greek type designer blending history with modern design. Notable works include:
🔹 Averta – Modern sans serif (Cyrillic, Greek, Latin) 🔹 Oi! – Bold display typeface (Tamil, Arabic) 🔹 Commissioner – Open-source & accessible 🔹 Evert – Sharp grotesque with optical sizes
🔹 Averta – Modern sans serif (Cyrillic, Greek, Latin) 🔹 Oi! – Bold display typeface (Tamil, Arabic) 🔹 Commissioner – Open-source & accessible 🔹 Evert – Sharp grotesque with optical sizes
April 30, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Meet Kostas Bartsokas, a Greek type designer blending history with modern design. Notable works include:
🔹 Averta – Modern sans serif (Cyrillic, Greek, Latin) 🔹 Oi! – Bold display typeface (Tamil, Arabic) 🔹 Commissioner – Open-source & accessible 🔹 Evert – Sharp grotesque with optical sizes
🔹 Averta – Modern sans serif (Cyrillic, Greek, Latin) 🔹 Oi! – Bold display typeface (Tamil, Arabic) 🔹 Commissioner – Open-source & accessible 🔹 Evert – Sharp grotesque with optical sizes