вЂњCreation of alphabet in the fifth century was essential for self-maintenance and self-sustainability of Armenians. The main task of Armenian font designers is the maintenance of grapheme of Armenian alphabet created by Mesrop Mashtots.Д¬o-chairman of the competition, President of the Union of Typographical Designers of Munich Boris Kokhan said that he was astonished by the attitude of Armenians towards written language. вЂњThe goal of the competition is assistance to talented designers of Armenian, Cyrillic and Greek fonts as the font designers are oriented by western standards creating mainly Latin fontsвЂќ, said Gabuzyan.

They competed for three nominations - вЂњthe best Armenian text fontвЂќ, вЂњthe best Cyrillic text fontвЂќ and вЂњthe best Greek text fontвЂќ.ДЄrmenian font вЂњArekвЂќ received the first prize not only in the nomination вЂњthe best Armenian text fontвЂќ, but also the grand prix of the competition with bonus of 1 thousand EURO. 48 works of 12 countries of the world вЂ“ Armenia, USA, Germany, Equator, Ireland, Italy, Greece, Mexico, Great Britain, Netherlands, Russia and Serbia were demonstrated. Third competition of eastern fonts вЂњGranshan 2010вЂќ took place from September 8-9 in Dublin by the support of Armenian Ministry of Culture and Union of Typographical Designers of Munich. Khazhak ApelyanвЂ™s (Netherlands) Armenian font вЂњArekвЂќ received the grand prix of the third international competition of eastern fonts вЂњGranshan 2010вЂќ in Dublin, said co-chairman of competition committee, Head of Department on Creation and Maintenance of Armenian fonts of National Book Chamber of Armenia, Advisor on fonts of the company AdobeSystems Edik Gabuzyan.

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