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Appendix

Interview questionnaire items B2. What are the primary differences or challenges between
A. Typeface design creating original typefaces and adapting existing Latin
typefaces to include Greek characters?
A1. In the realm of designing Greek typefaces, your B3. Do you believe there is a necessity to create new
professional engagement mainly includes (you may typefaces or to adapt existing Latin typefaces to
choose more than one option): support Greek characters?
• Creating original Greek typefaces B4. How successful do you consider the adaptation of various
• Redesigning existing Greek typefaces companies’ Latin typefaces to the Greek alphabet?
• Altering or enhancing existing Latin typefaces to B5. What specific characteristics of the Greek alphabet
incorporate Greek characters as an independent should a designer of Greek typefaces consider?
designer B6. Have you researched the history of oral language and
• Adapting or enhancing existing Latin typefaces to its transition into written form?
include Greek characters through collaboration C. Entrepreneurship
with foreign designers or companies (e.g.,
Monotype, Google, etc.). C1. What characteristics do you believe contribute to
the success of a typeface, from both artistic and
Kindly document the positive and/or negative aspects
of these collaborations. commercial perspectives?
C2. Is there current interest in creating custom typefaces
A2. What role do you believe typefaces should play in for corporate identity development or other forms of
visual communication, and to what extent can they graphic communication?
guide, influence, or determine design? C3. In the development of customized products, whose
A3. What do you consider to be the role of a typeface opinion holds greater weight: the client’s or the designer’s?
designer in today’s context? C4. Do you primarily target the Greek market or the
A4. How do you perceive the value of typeface design in international market?
the present day? D. New technologies and modern trends in typeface design
A5. What serves as your inspiration when creating a
typeface? D1. What do you consider to be the current predominant
A6. Do you identify any common design elements or trend in typeface design?
principles among the typefaces you create? If so, what D2. What tools are utilized by contemporary typeface
are they? designers? To what extent do hand-drawn elements
A7. What are your criteria to evaluate the quality of your factor into the creative process?
typefaces? D3. How significantly does digital technology influence
the process and quality of design?
B. Greek typefaces and Greek script D4. In your view, what does the future hold for typeface
B1. Why do you think there are fewer digital typefaces with design given the emerging technological capabilities,
Greek characters compared to Latin ones? both in terms of design and application?

Volume 3 Issue 1 (2025) 12 doi: 10.36922/ac.3133