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.

Kourosh Beigpour is an award-winning graphic artist and designer originally from Kermanshah, Iran, now based in Los Angeles. His distinctive design approach fuses contemporary and traditional influences, earning him recognition worldwide, with his works being published in over 20 countries. Beigpour has collaborated with prestigious clients, including Google, The Broad, The J. Paul Getty Museum, UCI, UCLA, NEIU, OSU, Canada Type, the Powerhouse Museum, DoppelHouse Press, and The Samuel Jordan Center for Persian Studies and Culture. His work is also part of the permanent collection at LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art). He founded K-B Studio in 2011 and has recently completed a fellowship at Stanford University, where he focused on advanced research and projects in type design. Beigpour holds a BFA from Tehran University of Art and an MFA from Limkokwing University in Malaysia. He also graduated from Type West in San Francisco with a Postgraduate program in Type Design. Deeply influenced by his Kurdish heritage and mysticism, these cultural elements are integral to his design philosophy. Kourosh continues to innovate in typography, weaving spiritual and mystic influences into his creative work.

Born in 1362 in Kermanshah Typeface and logotype designer He is a PhD student of graphics at Tehran University. in different universities such as; Al-Zahra, Soura, Apadana (Shiraz) and... teach graphic courses at undergraduate and graduate levels. Also, various research works of his in the field of graphics have been published in the form of books and articles. As a graphic designer with various collections such as; Pegah, Mino Industrial Group, Biomax, Pishgaman, etc. have cooperated so far.

is a type designer and researcher from Iran. Her interest in typography during her years as a student at the University of Tehran led her to the University of Reading, from which she holds an MA by Research in Typography & Graphic Communication. She is currently based in London, where she works as a font developer at Dalton Maag Ltd, and undertakes research as part of her PhD on the print history of the Punjab region. Finally, as a member of the Centre for Print History and Culture, she helps to manage events and publications with a focus on the printing of various writing systems of the world.

Borna Izadpanah is a Lecturer in Typography at the University of Reading, from where he was also awarded a PhD, and an MA in Typeface Design. His doctoral research explored the history of the early typographic representation of the Persian language. Borna has received numerous prestigious awards for his research and typeface design, including the Grand Prize and the First Prize for Arabic Text Typeface in the Granshan Type Design Competition, two Awards for Excellence in Type Design from the Type Directors Club, and the Symposia Iranica Prize for the best paper in Art History.

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.

We specialise in letters in a broad sense, from type design to lettering, from Latin to Arabic, passing through other scripts such as Armenian, Cyrillic, Georgian, Greek, Hebrew and Thai. We are surrounded by a network of bright collaborators and consultants in order to ensure the best possible quality. Our work has been recognised internationally in several type competitions such us TDC, ED-Awards, Morisawa, Granshan, Modern Cyrillic and Horouf.

An independent type foundry based in Barcelona dedicated to the design and distribution of digital fonts. Founder and principal designer Andreu Balius has experienced type design since the late 1980’s.

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.

Canada Type is an independent digital lettering and font development studio based in Toronto. We were founded in 2004 by a couple of experienced designers who were not pleased with the quality and licensing terms of fonts around the turn of the century. Since then we have greatly expanded, built a versatile and popular retail catalogue, and helped many designers bring international attention to their talents in the constantly changing and increasingly competitive world of type design.