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Nasri Khattar’s Typographic Journey
Nasri Khattar / Unified Arabic Type Last August in Beirut, I had the opportunity to meet with Camille Khattar Hedrick, the daughter of Nasri Khattar, the creator of a library of fonts based on Unified...
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UA Neo Fonts
Ha’ Glyph in both UA Neo N & B UA Neo B, originally known as UA Beiruti Modern, and UA Neo N, originally known as UA Neo-Nashki, belong to the first set of type revivals of Unified Arabic first...
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29LT Azer : Multilingual Typeface
Azer in Arabic means friendly, ready to assist and lend a hand. This multilingual typeface combines simple lines with careful detailing to create a serious but approachable look. The Arabic is a...
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Horouf : Bilingual Type Design Competition
29Letters and Nuqat are proud to announce HOROUF, the first bilingual (Arabic and Latin) type design competition to take place at the yearly NUQAT Design Conference in Kuwait. Experienced type...
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Swatch™ Corporate Arabic Font
Swatch Corporate Typeface (Swatch CT) is a contemporary multilingual typeface covering all Western and Middle Eastern languages used in countries where Swatch™ is present. Swatch CT will be used from...
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29LT Zeyn : A Graceful Multilingual Typeface
29LT Zeyn is an elegant, contemporary Arabic and Latin typeface. Each weight contains 900-plus glyphs covering the Arabic, Persian, Urdu, and Western European languages. The Arabic set contains an...
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29LT Posters Designed by Reza Abedini
29LT Posters designed by Reza Abedini. Each poster is designed with one of 29LT fonts. 29LT multilingual fonts (Arabic/Latin) were offered to the renowned Iranian graphic designer Mr. Reza Abedini to...
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2014 WINNERS: “HOROUF” BILINGUAL TYPE DESIGN COMPETITION
HOROUF DESIGN COMPETITION Hosted by NUQAT and 29Letters مسابقة حروف لتصميم الخطوط تقدّمها نقاط و٢٩ حرف First annual edition, November 12, 2014 المسابقة السنوية الأولى, 12 نوفمبر 2014 Summary of...
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29LT Type Specimen
29LT publishes it 1st type specimen showcasing an overview of its multilingual Arabic & Latin typefaces. The following text is written by Maajoun about their creative process of desiging the 29LT...
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29LT KAFF : AN ADEQUATE MULTILINGUAL TYPEFACE
29LT Kaff multilingual typeface in 8 weights (Thin, Ultra Light, Light, Regular, Medium, Bold and Black) 29LT Kaff is a contemporary typeface family designed by Pascal Zoghbi of 29Letters (29LT) and...
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Arabic Type Anatomy & Typographic Terms
Since most documentation and references about the Arabic script stem from the calligraphic methodology, this article will tackle the problem of allocating typographic terms to Arabic type and...
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29Letters Upgraded Site
The award-winning design studio, 29Letters (29LT), is pleased to announce that we have completely redesigned our website to give font lovers a vastly improved user experience. Our new, bilingual Arabic...
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29LT Zarid : A Bold & Thoughtful Typeface
Name Meaning معنى الإسم Strong, robust, bold قويّ، وصلب، وجريء _____________________________________________________________________________________ Category الفئة Text and display type خطّ عرض ومحتوى...
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Arabic Type Talk & Arabesque Workshop at NUQAT Design Conference Dubai 2012
There was an array of interesting speakers at NUQAT Design Conference 2012 this year. Talks concerning contemporary use of Arab Islamic Art and Arabesque were addressed from Graphic Design, Type...
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Shawati’ Magazine Corporate Type
An elegant contemporary Arabic and Latin type characterize the new corporate identity of Shawati’ Magazine, Abu Dhabi. The new design and layout of the magazine was complemented by the creation of a...
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29LT Baseet : A Dynamic & Energetic Type System
29LT Baseet Type System: 29LT Baseet type system consists of 16 styles; 8 Standard styles and 8 Slanted styles. The styles are: Thin, Thin Slanted, Extra Light, Extra Light Slanted, Light, Light...
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29LT Bukra Type Family : The Biggest Multilingual Arabic/Latin Type System
29LT Bukra type system currently consists of 94 styles, 47 Standard styles and 47 Slanted styles ranging from Hairline to Black in Condensed, Semi Condensed, Normal, Semi Wide and Wide. The styles in...
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29LT Azal : A Free Geometric Display Font
29LT Azal is a sturdy geometric font with contemporary Arabic features that are inspired from the old Eastern Kufic manuscripts and drawn in a modern-day approach, and old is, after all, what Azal...
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Shawati’ Magazine Corporate Type
An elegant contemporary Arabic and Latin type characterize the new corporate identity of Shawati’ Magazine, Abu Dhabi. The new design and layout of the magazine was complemented by the creation of a...
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Introductory Arabic Type Course at AUB
This spring, the elective course “Introduction to Arabic Type Design” at AUB [American University of Beirut] was introduced. It is given part of the Graphic Design program at AUB. Third and fourth...
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