Suggestion for a competition - opinions sought please
Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 7:30 pm
Recently, I suggested an idea to an establishment here in England. The establishment is a registered charity related to the arts.
Here is the suggestion. I have used name_of_establishment in this otherwise transcript where the original text contained the actual name of the establishment.
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I am writing to suggest an idea for a competition in the hope that name_of_establishment will take up the idea.
Name_of_establishment would invite font designers to send in one or more of the fonts which they have produced.
Name_of_establishment would assess the fonts which it receives and choose none, some or all of them as winning fonts.
Winning fonts would each be used by name_of_establishment, at least once for each winning font, on printed items produced by name_of_establishment.
Each winning font might well be used in conjunction with other fonts in the production of the printed item. Those other fonts may be other winning fonts from the competition or could just be other fonts which are used by name_of_establishment.
Each designer of a winning font would receive two copies of the printed item which had been produced by name_of_establishment using that font. Receiving two copies would enable a designer to place one copy in his or her design archive and one copy in a design portfolio.
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I have now received a reply which suggests that the demand is not high enough to run such a specialised competition.
I am wondering: if such a competition were launched along the above lines by a registered charity related to the arts, is it a competition which readers would seriously consider entering?
As things stand, I know that I would be keen to enter such a competition but I just do not know how other font designers would react to such a competition.
Depending on whether there are replies to this post and, if so, how many replies and how people feel about the idea, I suppose that this could just be an idea which just disappears into history as an idea which never became implemented or maybe the idea could develop into an event which attracts entries not only from England but also from around the world.
William Overington
28 November 2007
Here is the suggestion. I have used name_of_establishment in this otherwise transcript where the original text contained the actual name of the establishment.
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I am writing to suggest an idea for a competition in the hope that name_of_establishment will take up the idea.
Name_of_establishment would invite font designers to send in one or more of the fonts which they have produced.
Name_of_establishment would assess the fonts which it receives and choose none, some or all of them as winning fonts.
Winning fonts would each be used by name_of_establishment, at least once for each winning font, on printed items produced by name_of_establishment.
Each winning font might well be used in conjunction with other fonts in the production of the printed item. Those other fonts may be other winning fonts from the competition or could just be other fonts which are used by name_of_establishment.
Each designer of a winning font would receive two copies of the printed item which had been produced by name_of_establishment using that font. Receiving two copies would enable a designer to place one copy in his or her design archive and one copy in a design portfolio.
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I have now received a reply which suggests that the demand is not high enough to run such a specialised competition.
I am wondering: if such a competition were launched along the above lines by a registered charity related to the arts, is it a competition which readers would seriously consider entering?
As things stand, I know that I would be keen to enter such a competition but I just do not know how other font designers would react to such a competition.
Depending on whether there are replies to this post and, if so, how many replies and how people feel about the idea, I suppose that this could just be an idea which just disappears into history as an idea which never became implemented or maybe the idea could develop into an event which attracts entries not only from England but also from around the world.
William Overington
28 November 2007