The Arabic Type Design Archive

You've probably heard the tired cliche about a picture being worth a thousand words. I've taken the opposite of this phrase quite literally and created Arabic fonts that could turn your words into stunning typographic masterpieces, each worth a thousand pictures!

An Egyptian designer specializing in Arabic type design, lettering and branding. Based between Cairo and Dubai, he brings over a decade of experience to the field of contemporary Arabic typography.

My work name is Jovanny Lemonad (real name Ivan Gladkikh). I am a Russian type designer. I started designing fonts in 2004 and have since created over one hundred fonts for free and commercial use.

My passion since 2008 has been the creation of free fonts, in particular ornamental fonts. My work has been greatly influenced by experimental typography and as a result, I like to try difficult and experimental things in my font designs. My motto is "fonts for designers by designers".

In 2009 I received an award "For perfection in font design" at the international type design competition "Modern Cyrillic '09".

His main focus is on logo design and typography, while also being active in advertising and packaging design. Designed Fonts: Yekta Font Hamta Font Golchin Font Hamrah Font Sepid Font

Hermann Zapf, the designer of fonts such as Palatino, Optima, Zapfino, Melior, Aldus, and the quirky, yet very beloved, Zapf Dingbats, had a prolific career. One of the pioneers of computerized typography, Zapf worked on many fonts, but his personal favorite was the humanist sans serif typeface Optima, the lettering chosen for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall in Washington, DC. Born in Nuremburg, Zapf started to experiment with font-making as a child. He served as a cartographer for the German army during WWII, drawing maps of Spain. At the end of the war, he was imprisoned by the French but said he was treated well. “They had a great deal of respect for me as an ‘artiste’” he wrote. “I think the French still have this respect today.”

Abjad aspires to develop and transfer the Arabic typography, to the same level, that was reached by Arab and Muslim calligraphers, who came from very diverse cities and civilizations, extending from Samarkand and China in the east, to Andalusia in the west. This diversity has produced countless forms and schools of Arabic calligraphy.

Arabictypography.com is an independent type foundry designing and producing original multilingual digital fonts that respond to specific market needs. Our key expertise is in languages using the Arabic script and additional other scripts matching or working in harmony with Arabic. Our retail fonts library includes a collection of stylish typefaces that we have designed and that are available for immediate purchase in different licensing models. Our fonts vary in styles and design and are specifically designed for a variety of usage possibilities in branding and communication.

Parachute® is a European type foundry and design agency founded in 2001, specializing in bespoke type design, corporate typefaces, and lettering for global brands.

Lettersoup is an independent type foundry based in Berlin, Germany. It was founded by Botio Nikoltchev in 2014. The main focus of lettersoup is cooking fonts with Latin, Cyrillic, Greek and Arabic taste.

29Letters Type Foundry S.L. [29LT] is dedicated to creating and publishing multiscript typefaces. Its Arabic and Latin typography leading edge arises from its collaborative team of professional Arab and European type designers crafting high-quality typefaces. Besides publishing unique retail fonts, 29LT frequently joins forces with renowned international branding, design, and advertising agencies to deliver high-end typographic solutions, such as bespoke fonts and wordmarks.