Over the past few seasons, the HIA has been noticing that there are various elements of entries that deserve special recognition. To that end, we will be offering many special awards for the 2012 competition.
JUDGES
The Horizon Interactive Awards Judging Panel
Dan Rhatigan, type director at Monotype
About Dan Rhatigan
Daniel Rhatigan is a type director at Monotype Imaging, based in the UK. He worked as a designer and typographer in Boston and New York for 15 years before coming to study at the University of Reading, and then research and design non-Latin typeface families, concentrating on Indic scripts. He also lectures on typography and branding in the Netherlands and the UK.
CRITERIA: The winner will be chosen by the fonts.com staff & the Horizon Judging Panel. Entries will be judged by their creative use of type as well as overall aesthetics, balance and uniqueness.
AWARD BENEFITS:
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