Rules & Regulations of the GRANSHAN Competition 2021-22

Eligibility
 

Type designers from all over the world are invited to take part in the competition. All typefaces designed or digitized in or after 2018 complying with the requirements of the competition are eligible for submission.

 
Typefaces may be submitted by anyone involved in their design, production, or marketing (please define your position). All submitted typefaces shall comply with and use the Unicode encoding system. Entries can be single typefaces or type families, revivals or new developments. Custom fonts are welcome, as well as student projects.  

In the submission form you can explain the concept behind the typeface and give details about any special characteristics you want to be taken into account when evaluating the typeface. Provide any information you think is relevant regarding historical or other models, and if the typeface is intended to function alongside other typefaces. This description will not be published – its sole purpose is to provide the jury with as much background information as possible for the evaluation.

Please anonymise your text and do not mention the name of the submitted typeface, the designer or the type foundry.

You can of course submit multiple entries to this contest. Please use a separate form in the online application for each entry and submit separate PDFs. Also please note that each submission must be paid separately.
 
Typefaces by the Chairpersons, the members of the organizing committee and Script Chairs are not eligible for submission. Script Experts are allowed to submit their own projects, but will be excluded from evaluating and voting for their own entry. Script Chairs and Script Experts have the opportunity to opt out due to bias for any of the submissions.

Submissions
 

Submissions are accepted exclusively via the online submission tool available at https://granshan.submit.to. Participants can register for free and create an unlimited number of drafts. The submissions won’t be charged unless you press the Submit button. For further assessment, only those submissions will be considered that comply with the conditions of participation and that were submitted between 
1 October 2021 and 31 December 2021. 
Drafts are not considered completed submissions.

By filling in and sending the application form, you confirm that you have the right to submit the typeface to the GRANSHAN competition 2021/22 and that you indemnify GRANSHAN Foundation e.V. from all claims made by third parties. The organizers are not responsible for the information given in the application form.
 

Fees

Your registration in the submission tool as well as the creation of drafts are free of charge. Submissions are subject to a fee from the time the submission is completed. After that, submissions cannot be cancelled or refunded. 

This year the fee policy changed to better reflect differences in global living standards and possibilities, the difference between students, freelancers and small, medium and bigger type design foundries. 

There are three basic triers:

1. Low income countries (on the basis of self-assessment),students, and freelancers
2. Small and medium size companies with less than 20 employees or collaborators
3. Bigger companies with 20 employees or collaborators and more 

The fees outlined in the table are set as a minimum. Any additional higher payment on a voluntary basis would be very welcomed.

Fees include VAT. Payment via wire transfer or Paypal.
 

Fees are payable via bank wire to:
GRANSHAN Foundation e.V.
IBAN DE23 7015 0000 1004 7672 71 
BIC: SSKMDEMM  

Or via Paypal to: granshan@granshan.com  




Please enter your »submission title« that is assigned by the system 
in the online submission form as a reference. You will receive a confirmation of payment by email within 14 days of the transfer. 


Please note that your submission will be admitted to the jury 
only after successful payment.
 

Thank you for taking part in the GRANSHAN project.