The Arabic Type Design Archive

An independent digital type foundry dedicated to crafting contemporary Arabic display typefaces. started in 2017 as an experimental daily poster project aimed at exploring the creative potential of graphic design and typography.

Designer and Assistant Professor of Design, the American University of Beirut. Graduated from Notre Dame University, Lebanon, with a BA in Graphic Design and later acquired an MA with distinction at Middlesex University, London. She is the design director of Al Mohtaraf (www.mohtaraf.com) design house, where she designs and produces major corporate identities for the Arab world, corporate publications, books, magazines and Arabic typefaces. She also teaches graphic design at two major universities in Lebanon, LAU and NDU. Published work in several international design books. Winner of an ISTD premium award and D&AD 2005 in-book award for best designed books. Participated as a jury member in the D&AD awards and is a regular jury member in ISTD’s student assessment scheme.

Peter Biľak works in the field of editorial, graphic, and type design. In 1999 he started Typotheque type foundry, in 2000, together with Stuart Bailey he co-founded art & design journal Dot Dot Dot, in 2012 he started Works That Work, a magazine of unexpected creativity, in 2015 together with Andrej Krátky he co-founded Fontstand.com, a font rental platform. He collaborates with the choreographer Lukas Timulak on creation of modern dance performances, and together they started Make-Move-Think.org, a foundation for interdisciplinary artistic collaborations. Peter is teaching at the Type & Media, postgraduate course at the Royal Academy of Arts, The Hague. Member of AGI (Alliance Graphique Internationale).

A graphic designer, type designer, and calligrapher based in Zumaia (Spain). He has worked as a freelance graphic designer since 1997, and in 2013, he attained an MA in Typeface Design at the University of Reading. During the MA in Typeface Design, he developed Amaikha, a multi-script font family comprising Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Arabic, and Tifinagh. Currently, he combines calligraphy classes and graphic design with typographic projects that focus on the Basque lettering style as well as multi-script typefaces involving the Latin, Arabic, and Tifinagh alphabets. He loves designing typefaces and maintains a healthy balance by rock-climbing.

Artur (b. Netherlands, 1976) caught the type bug at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague where he graduated in 2003 with a master’s degree in design from the Type and Media course. He has been working in the type industry ever since. In 2018 he founded Original Type, an indie type foundry that believes that type is essential to express authentic and unique voices.

DSType is an independent type foundry, founded in 1994. Since then we had the opportunity to work with some of the world’s most recognized companies, brands, and publications while creating an extensive and comprehensive catalog of high-quality typefaces. We have received numerous awards, including a Certificate of Excellence in Type Design by the Type Directors Club and we have been featured in several magazines, newspapers, books, and exhibitions worldwide. You will be able to see our work at most newsstands, several packaging, world-known brands, and global scale events.

An independent type foundry based in Cairo, Egypt. Driven by the love of our Arabic heritage, we're on a mission to explore the wide boundaries of Arabic letters potential. Our motto is "Arabic lives, Arabic lasts".

TSfonts type studio was founded by Tarek Alsawwa in 2019 and is based in Istanbul, Turkey. We have developed a strong library of beautiful fonts, which we own and license to designers, advertisers, and brands. We're constantly crafting and adding new fonts to keep our body of work fresh and relevant.

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

NaN is an exploratory and service-driven type design practice balancing weirdness and wisdom. Together with our wonderful rag-tag team of collaborators, clients and crew, we explore the relationship type has with code and technology – delivering projects with purpose. You can expect to find us at the intersection of serious and slap-happy.