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EDIK GHABUZYAN

Experience NATIONAL BOOK CHAMBER OF ARMENIA – 21 GEVORG KOCHAR STR., YEREVAN, ARMENIA Head of the Department of Creating and Saving Armenian Fonts, 03.2007 up to now •Designing, developing and digitalizing multiscript typefaces. •Organizing type art exhibitions. ARMENIAN STATE FINE ART ACADEMY – YEREVAN, ARMENIA Lecturer of typeface design, 2009 – up to now •Writing articles about Armenian letters and history of Armenian alphabet. Works and Awards CREATED AND DESIGNED MORE THAN 250 TYPEFACE FAMILIES AN ALBUM OF ARMENIAN TYPEFACES, ‘ZANGAK’ PUBLISHING HOUSE, YEREVAN, ARMENIA. IN 1997, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009 26 CREATED TYPEFACES WERE AWARDED DIPLOMAS OF I, II, III PRIZES IN 2008, 2009, 2010 AWARDED TYPEFACES WERE EXHIBITED IN LINCOLN, LONDON, HAMPSHIRE (UK), ST. PETERSBURG, MOSCOW (RUSSIA), MUNICH (GERMANY), OSHAKAN, YEREVAN (ARMENIA). IN 2010 TYPEFACES ‘MARIAM’ AND ‘GRAPALAT’ WERE ADOPTED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF RA AS OFFICIAL FONTS FOR STATE OFFICES. FROM 2008 UP TO NOW INICIATED AND ORGANIZES ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL TYPE DESIGN COMPETITIONS ‘GRANSHAN’. www.granshan.org Education YEREVAN STATE INIVERSITY, MECHANICO - MATHEMATICAL DEPARTMENT, YEREVAN, ARMENIA •Mathematics.

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