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About 12 hours ago Nina Stössinger and I launched a new website about Armenian type (and related fields). She did an amazing job in less than three weeks, and we'd love to see anybody and everybody with even a remote curiosity about the Armenian script check it out, register for the mailing list, and post comments.

BTW, the site was launched on the Armenian diaspora's premiere TV network, Horizon, live on Friday night! Nerve-wracking but very exciting.

hhp

I'll add that even if you don't know much about the Armenian script yet, by all means don't be shy. We're very happy to feature a piece by Carolyn Puzzovio, titled «Type and Culture», that should actually provide an excellent introduction for people new to Armenian type too.

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Screengrabs from the televised launch (new levels of adrenaline!):

(Sorry for the bad quality; rest assured that text isn't actually rainbow-colored. :-)

Congratulations on the launch, Hrant and Nina. The site is lookin' good.
(And how great is having the launch featured on TV? Nice.)

Congrats. The site looks fantastic!

Great News!!! Congratulations on a successful launch and may you get many hits :-)

Thanks guys!

BTW when I get the DVD copy we can splice in better captures.

hhp

Wonderful! Congratulations, Hrant and Nina.

Hrant should be on TV more often! He looks so super-badass in those screen captures. I'd like to see the whole segment. Congratulations on the site!

Congrats, guys!

Good for you! Fascinating article on the Armenian alphabet.

Thanks all! It's been wonderful to see the responses.

BTW, forgot to say you can also find us on Twitter (for site updates & such), at @Armenotype.

Great news, guys. Congrats to you both!

Great job on the web site, Nina!

Thanks, Chris. (And all)

Congrats! Looks crazy coolio!

I'll have lots of fun learning all about the letter shapes through your site :)

Way to go, Nina & Hrant!

Thanks for all the warm words!

Dan: it's the shirt.

hhp

This is awesome guys, well done! :-)

(Sorry, not quite ready... :-)

hhp

(OK, here we go...)

Dan, ask and you shall receive. ;-)
http://armenotype.com/2010/10/live-tv-launch-video/
Thanks again to Nina's hard work processing/subtitling* the
live launch of Armenotype.com on Horizon TV three weeks ago,
in a manner both subtly innovative and solidly functional.

* Using the Bold weight of my Mana-13, tracked looser by
one pixel. http://www.themicrofoundry.com/manademo/

hhp

Very cool. Great collab.

I recently added a silly little page to my own web site, at

http://www.quadibloc.com/comp/ascint.htm

in which I propose a radical reform of ASCII to make it safe for the Armenian script, among other things.

In the diagram at the bottom of the page, you can even see the new Indian rupee symbol, which I learned about from this forum.

Interesting idea to split the UC and lc between lower and upper ASCII!

hhp

Well done Hrant and Nina!!!

How do the twins like your new site, Hrant?