The Arabic Type Design Archive

Majid Halakooi is a graphic designer and instructor. For couple of years, he has been pursuing design in the field of Persian typography.

A type designer and multidisciplinary artist. In 2014 he launched his own type foundry under the name Abjad. In 2020 he launched his own concept store, inspired by Arabic Calligraphy, and the diversity of the visual culture that spread across Islamic lands. He also co-founded the social design initiative Wajha in 2012.

A type designer and lettering artist, born in Beirut and based in Amsterdam. He holds a Master in Type & Media from the Royal Academy of Art (The Hague). He has co-founded TPTQ Arabic type foundry, Arabic Type Design — Beirut , the first international educational program of its kind and the Arabic Lettering Workshops traveling series. He has taught at LAU Beirut, ESAV Marrakech and currently teaches at the Type & Media master program (Royal Academy of Art — The Hague). He reguarly gives workshops and talks around the world. His work received several awards including the New York Type Directors Club’s Certificate of Typographic Excellence, ATypI’s Letter.2, and the European Design Award.

A graphic designer and type designer. Born in 2006, he has been professionally engaged in Persian type design since 2022. In his early years, his focus was on graphic design, but gradually, with a deeper involvement in typeface design, he shaped his professional path. He is the designer of the free fonts Rooyin, Sorena, and Estedad Mad, which reflect his approach to simplicity, readability, and the contemporary needs of Persian typography.

Master of visual communication, member of the Iranian Graphic Designers Association, teacher and researcher of Persian type design Received an honorary diploma of Sarve Noghreh in 1992 Received the first title of Persian type design, Behance Received the honorable title at the 12th Granshan International Biennale Speaker of ATYPI, Typewknd, Design principle & practices conferences, UX Shiraz, Side section of Sarve Noghreh, Author of scientific and research articles: -Comparative study of Tahoma font and structural principles of Persian font, Journal of Honar-haye-ziba-Visual Arts. - Investigating the factors affecting the readability and optimization of types in the field of printing and publishing based on the habit and taste of the audience, Honar-haye-ziba -Visual Arts Journal.

Hi, I’m Vitória and this is my playground! Just in case you were wondering, “Seven” is my last name backwards. Since I believe that designing typefaces is the ultimate level of dedication to letterforms I created the SevenType Studio – an independent type foundry.

Specialize in typography and offer innovative font solutions designed & programming to meet the needs of global and local audiences.

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.

A type foundry and design studio specifically focused on developing high quality Arabic typefaces. It is the result of a collaboration that started in 2011 between Kristyan Sarkis and Peter Bilak of Typotheque.