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We celebrate non-Latin typefaces and typography, design and communication that enable communities to develop culture and enterprises. The Non-Latin Typographic Project | Competition, Conferences, Exhibitions & Publications

01/09/2025

Bridging Cultures Through Letters ✨

How can Thai typography be both modern and deeply rooted in its culture?

In our latest SuFo Insight, we look at ’s decade-long journey of designing Thai typefaces - built on research, local collaboration, historical study, and cognitive legibility.

👉 Read the full story: https://buff.ly/KZwwNYN

14/08/2025

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
https://buff.ly/HjI40Ps

08/08/2025

As part of our ongoing GRANSHAN community series, we’re thrilled to introduce Lasha Giorgadze — a leading Georgian typographer and graphic designer with over 10 years of experience.

Lasha has created 30+ original typefaces, spanning both Latin and Georgian scripts, helping bring global visibility to the unique Georgian alphabet. His work blends cultural depth with sharp, modern aesthetics.

He’s collaborated with major local and international clients including McDonald’s, Red Bull, Coca-Cola, TBC Concept, Visa, Adidas, and the National Museum of Georgia — delivering typography, branding, and logo design that express brand essence with precision and style.

Trained as an architect, Lasha now mentors young designers at a mobile and web applications lab in Tbilisi, where he shares his passion for letterforms and visual storytelling.

He is a two-time first prize winner in Georgia’s national typography competition, and his typefaces have been featured on Behance Typography for their excellence.

Lasha’s work represents the very spirit of GRANSHAN: local traditions reimagined for a global design conversation.

05/08/2025

Continuing our GRANSHAN community series highlighting voices shaping global type culture, we’re pleased to introduce Khajag Apelian — a lettering artist, type designer and graphic designer whose work bridges Armenian, Arabic, and Latin scripts.

Khajag’s profound affinity for languages and writing systems largely stems from a mix of his Armenian heritage and multicultural upbringing between Dubai and Beirut. He channels said affinity into creating award-winning typefaces across various scripts (Arabic, Armenian, Latin) and collaborating with several type foundries and design studios worldwide. Passionate about cultural expression and artistic exploration, Today,

Khajag operates under the name debakir (Armenian for “printed type”). He regularly contributes to cultural institutions and design collectives and also teaches courses and workshops at various universities, design programs, and independent entities around the world

His work champions multilingual typography and reflects GRANSHAN’s commitment to script diversity and cultural dialogue.

31/07/2025

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 structured guidance, feedback, and community support to help participants develop a working Devanagari typeface.

28/07/2025

Why do we still need new fonts?
Discover how Cadson Demak redefined modern Thai typography through tradition, innovation, and looped identity.
👉 Read our insight: https://buff.ly/71h2M3b

16/07/2025

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: https://buff.ly/vn8axs6

12/06/2025

As part of our ongoing series highlighting the people shaping global type culture, we’re proud to introduce - Titus Nemeth. He has been working at the cutting edge of contemporary Arabic typography for two decades. When he conceived his original Nassim typeface in 2005/6, it challenged prevalent approaches to multiscript design. When Nassim was selected to deliver the news of all Arabic script websites of the BBC Worldservice in 2010, it pioneered the first large technological use case for webfonts.

Nemeth has worked with design and industry leaders – from Adobe, to Lineto, Microsoft, and Morisawa – contributing to current standards and trends of Arabic type design and typography. In collaboration with DecoType, he played an important role in bringing their concepts and approaches to the mainstream, as manifested in the genre-defining Library of Arabic Literature by NYUP.

Through his substantive work in historical research and publishing, Nemeth has been instrumental in shaping current discourse and bridging disciplines. His 2017 monograph Arabic Type Making in the Machine Age is widely regarded as a milestone of Arabic typographic history. His 2023 edited volume Arabic Typography: History and Practice furthered this line of work, exemplifying the communion of research and design in Nemeth’s approach.

09/06/2025

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 https://buff.ly/9OlKIyr

06/06/2025

As part of our ongoing series highlighting the people shaping global type culture, we’re proud to introduce Minjoo Ham — a type designer, typographer, and graphic designer from South Korea, now based in Berlin.

Minjoo studied graphic design in Seoul, discovered her love for type, and went on to complete the TypeMedia master’s at KABK in The Hague, focusing on Latin and Hangul multi-script design. After designing the Teddy family with Fust & Friends, she now creates custom multi-script fonts for international clients and foundries.

Minjoo’s thoughtful, cross-script work embodies the GRANSHAN mission — celebrating diverse scripts and voices in type design.

05/06/2025

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”).

She explored handwriting through a rich, interdisciplinary lens - linking it to culture, education, and the brain.

👉 Find out more in GRANSHAN insight.
https://buff.ly/asl4GE8
📸 Credit: Norman Posset

30/05/2025

As part of our ongoing series introducing GRANSHAN community members, we are delighted to feature Neelakash Kshetrimayum, a typeface and graphic designer from Manipur, India, now based in Goa. He co-founded The Type Design Dept. (TTDD) India, exploring identity and culture through letterforms. With a Master’s in Typeface Design from the University of Reading, Neelakash has collaborated with global clients including Adobe, Google, Microsoft, Monotype, and Ananda Bazar Patrika (ABP).

His work includes Adobe Bengali, Myriad Bengali (Adobe), and Linotype Bengali Revival (Monotype). He has also played a key role in developing November Bangla and November Meetei Mayek (Typotheque). Alongside Fiona Ross, he led a team to design ABPN fonts for its TV channels, including Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Punjabi, Gujarati, Tamil, and Telugu.

Neelakash’s dedication to preserving and innovating Indic typography makes him a vital part of the GRANSHAN community.

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