The Arabic Type Design Archive

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Designers

The creative minds behind your favorite fonts

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Ahad Hashemzadeh

Born in 1983 in Tabriz Typeface & Packaging designer Math expert I have been working as a graphic and packaging designer since 2009, and have been interested in typeface design for several years

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Najla Badran

She is an independent typeface designer, researcher and instructor based in Egypt. She holds a BA in Graphic Design from the German University in Cairo, an MA in Typeface Design from the University of Reading, UK which was funded by the Monotype Award and is currently pursuing her PhD on Diacritics in the Arabic script and typography at the University of Reading. Najla has been teaching type design and typography for the past six years and often holds Arabic lettering and typography workshops. Her vision is to spread more knowledge about typographic solutions in Arabic using lettering and type design. She is interested in Arabic revival typefaces and inspiring modern Arabic typefaces from calligraphy.

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Abdullah Aref

Art Education Teacher , Developer & Designer Type , logos , Calligrapher

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Hossein Karimzadeh

He has MA in visual communication. Since 1999, he has worked as a graphic designer with various magazines and publications, such as "Parian Publications, Donya-e Eqtesad Publications, Zanbour Publications, Porteghal Publications, Safir Publications, Saipa Andisheh Gostar Monthly, etc."

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Azza Alameddine

from Tripoli, Lebanon but I live in Barcelona, Spain. I have been working as a graphic designer since 2007 and as a type designer since 2012. specialized in — Arabic & Latin Logo Matchmaking — Arabic & Latin Branding — Arabic & Latin Type Design

Foundries

The world’s leading type foundries

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Alef Type Foundry

Alef Type Foundry is a small typeface design studio based in Paris, France. We are specialized in Arabic and matchmaking type design.

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Boharat Type Foundry

Boharat is a type foundry that aims to introduce new flavors to the Arabic design scene. Boharat Cairo offers remarkable retail fonts, and accepts custom and bespoke fonts and typography related projects.

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Playtype

We are a type foundry situated in the heart of Copenhagen, Denmark. For more than twenty years we have been making retail and custom-made typefaces for international brands.

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Mohtaraf

Al Mohtaraf is a multi-disciplinary design house that offers a diverse and impressive experience in editorial design, branding and corporate identities, Arabic type design, print publications and space design from offices in Jeddah, Riyadh, Khobar and Beirut. We are one of the few specialized graphic design houses in the region. From a culture so rich in graphic tradition, Al Mohtaraf’s vision is to carry the seeds of tradition into the contemporary cultural scene of the Arab world.

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KO type

This is KO-type. The move you probably anticipated, that will knock all free font-haters out of their chairs. That was a joke. Kotype is a community dedicated to the love of Arabic fonts. Whether it’s appreciation, creation, or simply usage, we are all connected by the love of Arabic Fonts, just like our love for the Arabic language.