The Arabic Type Design Archive

Mike Abbink est le directeur exécutif de la création dans l’équipe Brand Experience and Design au sein d’IBM. Il a démarré sa carrière en 1996 en tant que designer chez MetaDesign à San Francisco. Il est ensuite devenu directeur de la création pour le Museum of Modern Art, pour Wolff Olins, pour Saffron Consultants et pour Method (dont il est également le cofondateur). Il a par la suite occupé le poste de directeur du design chez Apple Computer. En parallèle de sa carrière de graphiste, Mike Abbink a également créé des polices au caractère énergique pour lesquelles il a reçu plusieurs récompenses, telles que FF Kievit, FF Milo, GE Inspira, Brando Serif et Sans et, plus récemment, IBM Plex®. Enfin, Mike Abbink continue de concevoir et de collaborer à la création de polices avec Bold Monday.

Amir is Master in business management. He has been interested in typography since 2019 and is active in the field of lettering, logotype design and font design.

A type designer and typographer. His internationally recognized practice spans commercial and cultural work, with a focus on Arabic and multilingual design. Titus’s interests and activities extend to academic research and teaching in higher education: His monograph Arabic Type-Making in the Machine Age was published with Brill in 2017, and he has taught type design and typography at schools in Austria, France, Morocco, Qatar, and the UK.

A graphic designer and typographer since 2008. Naser specializes in executing projects related to typography and logo design. .

Omaima Dajani is a graphic and type designer from Jerusalem, specializing in Arabic script. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Visual Communication and a Diploma in Art and Design Education from Jerusalem, as well as a Master’s degree in Type Design from the Royal Academy of Art in the Netherlands. Omaima has collaborated with leading type foundries and is the award-winning designer of the typeface Lifta. She has also served as a judge in both local and international type and design competitions. With experience in teaching, she is also a lead researcher at the Arabic Design Archive (ADA) and the founder of Palestine Type Walks.

A typeface design studio and font distributor that addresses the needs of global typography. Together with our collaborators, we create original fonts for a polyphonic world. Our research-based practice has been recognized and received awards from within the industry. But most importantly it has enabled people to read better in their native language.

A leading and established boutique type foundry known for creating fonts that are distinctively human and full of character.

NamelaType is a type foundry based in Magelang, Indonesia operated by Nur Syamsi and Bustanul Arifin. Passionate about harmonizing Latin and Arabic fonts, we aim to create innovative solutions that align their weight, shape, and style—despite their opposite flows—while exceeding our own and our readers’ expectations.

As an industry-leading typeface design studio, we’ve built a culture and reputation centred on creativity, innovation, and excellence. In this section, you’ll find a comprehensive overview of our vibrant studio, our deeply-rooted values, and our exceptionally talented and dedicated team.

Babelfont is an independent type foundry in Paris and Marrakech. We design multiscript typefaces — Arabic, Latin, Tifinagh, and Korean. Our goal is simple: connect cultures through letterforms.
 The language of the future is multiscript.