The Arabic Type Design Archive

Bahraini Calligraphy Artist & Graphic Designer, His portfolio extends to fields as diverse as Islamic art, font design & web development... Adobe Tools.

Holds a bachelor's degree in software engineering. Shahrzad has experience in programming with various languages and has also been involved in content creation and design for several startups. After becoming acquainted with "font development" as a tool to combine art and the science of programming, she developed an interest in this field and has been actively engaged in it.

I have a degree in Graphic Design and have been a member of the Iranian Graphic Designers Society (since 1987). I am involved in typeface design, font development, and logotype design. I have publicly released the Potk and Borna fonts, and I designed the Ayandeh, Ali Baba, Bonyad Koodak, Fanoos, and Inverse fonts in collaboration with Reza Bakhtiari Fard. The design and creation of the Kamand font in collaboration with Omid Emamian, as well as the development of the Valman font, are among my latest activities. I have held various workshops and courses in the field of typography, and I received the third Grand Prize at the 2021-2022 Granshan competition in Armenia for the Ali Baba font and a special award for the Potk font.

He is a specialist in the typography of global scripts. Having received his early education in Cairo, Mansour holds a master’s degree in Computer Science and a Diploma in Product Design. In 1996, he joined Monotype Typography, where he played a pivotal role in developing and expanding fonts for lesser-served scripts and languages, including Arabic. His work at Monotype included technical implementation of OpenType for complex scripts, in addition to ensuring typographic compatibility across a broad range of writing systems. Mansour’s expertise lies at the intersection of linguistics, design, and computer science, enabling him to contribute significantly to digital typography of Unicode-based fonts. He continues to speak at international conferences, sharing insights on the evolution of digital typography and its implications for global communication

Seyed Mahdi Seyedinia, born in 2002 in Kashan, is an active and experimental designer in the field of type design (logotype, typography, and typeface design).

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.

At Manchester Type, each project begins with research. Every typeface they develop is pushed along by passion and curiosity. Their fonts are often informed by the history of letterforms and always aimed at contributing to today’s type-culture.

Founded in 2018, Original Type sets out to produce and publish original, contemporary typefaces, both retail and custom, that enable creatives and brands express themselves in an authentic way.

F37® Foundry is an award-winning type foundry that creates fonts and logotypes to help businesses stand apart. As well as understanding the minutiae of letterform aesthetics, we create beautifully crafted type families that align perfectly with the identities and sensibilities of the companies we work with.

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.