| bukva:raz! |
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| bukva:raz! is an
international competition of type design, sponsored by
the Association Typographique Internationale (ATypI). It
is the first event of this kind since the founding of
ATypI in 1957. |
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| bukva:raz! is a special
contribution of ATypI to the United Nations Year of
Dialogue among Civilizations (2001). The competition was
officially announced at the general meeting of ATypI in
Leipzig, on 24 September 2000. |
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| The competition is being
organised on behalf of ATypI by the Type Designers
Association, a professional society based in Moscow,
which unites the best type design professionals of
Russia. |
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| The name of the competition--bukva:raz!--translates
as 'letter:one!': bukva is the Russian for 'letter' (as
in 'letterform') and raz for 'one' (as in 'two thousand
one'). |
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| bukva:raz! is aimed at
promoting cultural pluralism and encouraging diversity,
interaction, and co-operation in typographic
communications. Type designers from many regions and
nations, of various ethnic, linguistic, and cultural
backgrounds, are expected to contribute to the contest. |
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| The international panel of
bukva:raz! consisting of well-known typographic experts
will select the best designs completed and/or released
over the last five years (between 1 January 1997 and 5
November 2001) for Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Arabic,
Hebrew, and other scripts. |
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| The judging of bukva:raz! is
scheduled to take place in Moscow, Russia, on 1 and 2
December 2001. The judges decision is final. Entries
selected for their design excellence will be shown in
the catalogue of the winning designs. An exhibition of
the winners will be on view at the 2002 annual
conference of ATypI in Rome. |
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| The deadline for submission of
entries to the competition is Monday, 5 November 2001.
All entries, together with entry forms, must be
delivered to the bukva:raz! office by that date. |
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