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SOTA is organizing protoType, a competition and exhibition of the most innovative ideas in type design; it aims to promote not only innovative fonts but essentially the speculative ideas behind them, in order to amplify their relevance to future design efforts, enriching the cultural landscape. Its first competition was held in 2016. Only 7% of the entries received an award. The jury: Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFares, Timothy Donaldson, Joachim Müller-Lancé, Hrant Papazian, Mariko Takagi. Results:

First prize: Audree (Nikola Djurek).

The main awards: Aravrit (Liron Lavi Turkenich), Babel (Juan Arturo Garcia), Bilingual Perspectives (Salem al-Qassimi), Bixa (Mark van Wageningen), Der Teufelshaufen (Nathan Matteson), Floating Typescapes (Ana Gomez Bernaus), Hangulatin EN (Anita Jürgeleit), History (Peter Bilak), Julius Roman (Jürgen Weltin), Kast (Maurice Meilleur), Lingering (Zhang WeiMin), Matmos (Aya Aburaida), Pack A (Joseph Hill, Louis Braddock Clarke, Callum Dean, and Ben McMillan), Queezoid (Jeremy Tankard), Taboo Wang Xihou (anonymous).

Jury's selections: Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFares: Mothalath (Bahia Shehab). Timothy Donaldson: Hallat (Kholoud Essawy). Joachim Müller-Lancé: Amma (Pathum Egodawatta). Hrant Papazian: Neology (Nick Shinn). Mariko Takagi: Ashitano Maru Gothic Kana (Hisashi Iwai, Toshinobu Nagata).

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