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Possible contests....TO TYPOPHILE
Posted by longlegzs80 in
6 Jul 2003 — 9:00am
6 Jul 2003 — 9:00am
On this site as its own main category, there should be a list of contests that go on each month. Afew suggestions could be promoting a new font by making a poster for it, promotional pieces etc. That is only one suggestion. IT could be anything. Just a contest that people who are appart of this forum can participate in if they are interested. I know I want to make some promotional pieces and a decent logo for myself, that could be one of the contests that people can participate in if interested. What does everyone think?
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6 Jul 2003 — 4:04pm
I think that's a great idea.
hhp
10 Jul 2003 — 9:45am
Sounds like fun. I'm still upset that I missed out on the tshirt contest, though admittedly I would not have had much of a chance.
11 Jul 2003 — 4:05pm
Type contests suck.
It's not like you can just mail in the tear-sheet for an ad. You have to specially create a specimen. Pay for the print-out. Get it mounted. Pay for the courier.
Contest-books are an even bigger rip-off: Free content for publishers!
And then some bunch of celebs (does not correlate with having a critical faculty) gets to pick and choose.
It's spec work, frowned upon by the AIGA, GDC, etc.
Don't waste your time and money on a crap-shoot -- invest in advertising and support the fifth estate!
11 Jul 2003 — 4:07pm
Yeah, most of them are crap. But if you find a free one that's prestigious, it's worth it. Like Morisawa. They even give cash prizes.
hhp
12 Jul 2003 — 5:44am
Maybe you already know it, but:
"And yet, although thanks to the support of so many people the Morisawa Awards have come of age on an international scale, I must regretfully announce that, due to various changes over the twenty years we have been holding this contest in the surrounding landscape, this will be the last holding of the Morisawa Awards." (Yoshiaki Morisawa, President, Morisawa & Co., Ltd./ excerpt from Morisawa Awards 2002 Booklet).
12 Jul 2003 — 5:45am
Any Typophile contest would be great anyway. :-)
12 Jul 2003 — 9:54am
That's some really sucky news.
But I guess it's not suprising. It was too good for this age.
hhp
12 Jul 2003 — 8:04pm
OK, bring on the Typophile contest. Being online it can hopefully avoid the stuff I was slagging in my previous post.
13 Jul 2003 — 7:58am
Jared, I haven't received my t-shirt for the 100-em dash contest. :-P I know I was late and all, but they were really good links(!) And it was humanly impossible to post 100 quality links in 28 days.
But I think I'll just buy the tee. Do you ship to Asia? Please do.
10 Jul 2003 — 11:51am
Don't fret, its an annual contest which we do in Aug/Sept, so start brewing ideas!
jb
10 Jul 2003 — 2:09pm
R'n'R! Looking forward to that!