Morisawa Type Design Competition 2014
Font Bureau and Morosawa Bunken Inc partnered to organize the Morisawa Type Design Competition 2014. Font Bureau's Cyrus Highsmith judged in the Latin category, along with Fred Smeijers, Sara Soskolne, and Matthew Carter. In the Kanji category, the judges were Osamu Torinoumi, Yasuhito Nagahara, Kenya Hara, Taro Yamamoto, and Masahiko Kozuka. The results: - Kanji Category, Morisawa Award
- Gold Prize: Wakatsuki Maru Gothic by Koichi Namimoto, Japan.
- Silver Prize: Ei Ming-cho-tai by Chikao Ito, Japan.
- Bronze Prize: Cho-yo by Giichi Okazaki, Japan.
- Honorable Mention: Harmony by Tomomi Kanda, Japan.
- Honorable Mention: Geometrika by Albert Chan, Hong Kong.
- Honorable Mention: Shimanto Ming-cho Italic Kana by Yoshimasa Otsubo, Japan.
- Latin Category, Morisawa Award
- Gold Prize: Hola by Eli Castellanos, Mexico.
- Silver Prize: Chimera Text / Text Italic / Display Bold / Display Bold Italic / Display Black by Maria Doreuli, Russia.
- Bronze Prize: Kulin by Koichi Namimoto, Japan.
- Honorable Mention: Nurraq Light / Light Italic / Regular / Italic by Etienne Aubert Bonn, Canada.
- Honorable Mention: Alcedo Regular / Medium by Kunihiko Okano, Japan.
- Honorable Mention: Flipper thin / thin italic by Craig Eliason, USA.
- Kanji Category, Akashi Award: Kitahara Gyosho by Hirofumi Iguchi & Birei Kitahara, Japan.
- Latin Category, Akashi Award: Kulin by Koichi Namimoto, Japan.
- Kanji Category, People's Choice: Go-yo-tai by Sanae Harayama, Japan, and En-so-ku by Aki Toyoshima, Japan.
- Latin Category, People's Choice: Polja by Reymund Schroeder, Germany, and GHEA Narek Display by Edik Ghabuzyan, Armenia.
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