The Arabic Type Design Archive

A Lebanese-Russian type and graphic designer based in Florence (Italy) who collaborates on Arabic type families, notably contributing the Arabic version of the Tarif family for the foundry Zetafonts (2019)

Born in Teheran. After completing his school education in Iran,he studied illustration and book design at the Hochschule für Gestaltung (HfG), an academy of design, in Offenbach, Germany. Thereafter he was engaged as art director in various advertising agencies in Germany, Switzerland and England. He also worked as a freelance graphic designer with focus on illustration and brand designing for leading producers of brand articles in Europe, and also for broadcasting stations in Germany and other European countries. He was occupied with theoretical work in the field of color and research in the passive perception of color and "after image" phenomena. He carried out an analysis of the letters of the Arabic alphabet and a definition of their structure, enabling him to design a number of modern types of Arabic script. The publication of the illustrated quatrains of Omar Khayyam is his most recent project. He devoted five years of intensive and creative study to produce the book. Naghi Naghashian created the Arianª font family in 2009 and Aban font family, Jasna font family, Anahita Headline font, Avesta ExtraBoldCondensed, Ahoura font family, BiBi Font family, Decora one, Decora Two, Bamdad ExtraBoldCondensed and Parsi Font family in 2010 and 2011.

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.

Recipient of the Excellence in Typography award from Type Directors Club. Designer and developer of the Wall Script plugin for Glyphs software.

Painter, Graphic Designer and Typeface Designer Selected Activities and Awards: Member of the Type Directors Club (TDC) Member of the Association Typographique Internationale (ATYPI) Jury Member of the 1st International Typeface Design Biennial, Tehran Jury Member of the 5th Silver Cypress Awards in the Typeface Design category, Tehran, 2017 Jury Member of the 7th Granshan International Typeface Design Competition Jury Member of the 8th Granshan International Typeface Design Competition Jury Member of the 9th Granshan International Typeface Design Competition Type design instructor at the School of Fine Arts and Vijeh School of Graphic Design Selected in the Signage category of the 7th Iran Graphic Biennial Best Poster Award from the President of the Biennial at the 9th Iran Graphic Biennial Selected Award in Calligraphy-Painting at the 2nd Sharjah Calligraphy Biennial First Prize in Typeface Design at the 2nd Silver Cypress Exhibition Award from the Type Directors Club (TDC) at the 68th Type Design Competition Typeface Designs: Chista Typeface Nashr Karnameh Typeface Kara Typeface for Hamkaran System Post Iran Typeface Karafarin Bank Typeface Dorsa Leather Brand Typeface Museum of Contemporary Art Typeface Cheshmeh Publishing Typeface Espinas Hotel Typeface

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.

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