The Arabic Type Design Archive

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.

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 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.

Hi, I’m Ehsan, a graphic designer and typographer. My passion lies in blending different lettering and calligraphic cultures. In collaboration with Nahaaki Studio, I’ve had the honor of designing and redesigning logotypes for well-known brands such as Delester and Abali. For the typeface Doran, together with Reza Bakhtiari-Fard and Fereshteh Iranshahi, I designed the Armenian version of the font.

With over 27 years of experience in art and design across the GCC, Lara leads Landor’s creative efforts in the Middle East, aligning the company’s global vision with local dynamics and fostering talent. Prior to joining Landor, she was Creative Director of Design for Apple in the Middle East from 2016 to 2022. Lara initially joined Landor in Dubai in 2001, where she contributed to key projects such as Brand Jordan, Commercial Bank of Dubai, and Al Tayer Group, staying until 2005.

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.

A global type design studio that offers high-quality typefaces for retail licensing and custom client projects.

Arabictypography.com is an independent type foundry designing and producing original multilingual digital fonts that respond to specific market needs. Our key expertise is in languages using the Arabic script and additional other scripts matching or working in harmony with Arabic. Our retail fonts library includes a collection of stylish typefaces that we have designed and that are available for immediate purchase in different licensing models. Our fonts vary in styles and design and are specifically designed for a variety of usage possibilities in branding and communication.

Alif Type the online home for my, Khaled Hosny, typefaces. It is a virtual type foundry, in the sense that there no physical place, a company, or employees, it is just me doing things I love mostly in my spare time. My typefaces are all free, and open source.

Foundry5 is a type foundry dedicated to the design and production of fonts for diverse world scripts. Established by Kostas Bartsokas, Mohamad Dakak, Jason Harcombe, and Pria Ravichandran, the foundry was born out of a shared passion for typography and a deep respect for the cultural significance of each writing system.