Akashi Award has been renewed with a concept of giving different themes each time and the award is given to the work with best quality and idea followed by the theme.
The 2019’s theme is “Variable Fonts.”

Variable Fonts are the fonts designed utilizing the technology called OpenType Font Variations, which newly introduced in OpenType 1.8.
Please refer to the application guideline for necessary files when you submit.

Variable Fonts enables to work as if it carries multiple weights and styles with a single font. At Type Design Competition, we decided to choose this theme for Akashi Award as a gesture to challenge the new technology.

For more details about Variable Fonts, please check following resources.
We’re looking forward to your application.

Resources;
Adobe Typekit Blog
Variable fonts, a new kind of font for flexible design

Type Network
Decovar: A multistyle decorative variable font by David Berlow

Axis-Praxis
Axis-Praxis: Variable Fonts in the browser

Glyphs
Creating a Variable Font