Judges’ Comments

• Zhu Zhiwei

  Even at a glance, one would immediately sense the remarkable depth and character of this typeface. In terms of the visual impact of a work being proportional to the actual level of design, this typeface certainly conveys a strong impact with its solid structure. The block style is characterized by its roundness due to the brush strokes, while Wei Bei is characterized by their squared shape to be engraved on stone; this typeface skillfully incorporates both of these characteristics. It has a high degree of perfection and practicality.

• Chen Rong

  Among the many entries in the competition with block style typefaces, this is one of the most beautiful works. It is a formal block style with a medium boldness suitable for body text, but bolder and larger character face than the traditional style, giving the overall typeface a laid-back and tranquil feeling. The consistency of the character face creates a good amount of spacing and is pleasantly legible even when set in long sentences.

• Liu Xiaoxiang

  Every detail in this work speaks to a refined and meticulous approach to creation. The beauty of the characters is not affected by the size of the typeface, even if it is relatively bold, as it is legible when small, and has a distinctive character when enlarged. Its value can be appreciated from a practical standpoint as well, because punctuation marks play a very important role in Chinese typesetting in terms of legibility and blackness within the composition. While there were other submitted works where the Chinese characters are meticulously crafted, but the punctuation marks lack the same level of refinement, this work strikes a good balance between the punctuation marks and characters.