The Arabic Type Design Archive

Type designer and engineer, He entered the field in 2014 after initially being involved in lettering. Indonesian scripts piqued his interest, particularly in the area of font engineering. Started his own foundry in 2015 called AlternaType to explore his questions about the world of typography. Simultaneously, He pursued a study in Arabic Language and Literature at Al-Azhar University in Cairo. In 2020, He joined Schriftlabor and became involved in various stages of type development. And now working as a freelance drawing and engineering for another foundries.

Hirbod Lotfian is a graduate of the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Tehran, a Post-Master’s student in Type Design in France, and a member of the Iranian Graphic Designers Guild. Awards & Recognitions: Excellence in Typography Award – Type Directors Club, USA 2nd Place & Special Mention – Granshan 1st Prize & Silver Sarv (2019) and Honorable Mention (2013) – Iranian Graphic Designers Guild 1st Prize – Annual Book Design Art Competition

Founder of Sultan Maqtari in 2003 in Aden City for Typefaces and graphic design. Sultan Fonts has a Collection of premium fonts for desktop applications, for websites, and for digital ads.

Graphic and type designer

When setting up to establish 29Letters Type Foundry in 2013, Lebanese designer and educator Pascal Zoghbi aspired to explore the diversity and potential of the Arabic script. Zoghbi envisioned 29LT with a cross-cultural approach. Having evolved, studied and worked in a multicultural and largely bilingual environment, he embraced multilingualism. Coming into contact with more than one language in his everyday life, he has developed an exceptional ability to think global and to reflect the various technical, conventional, and cultural writing systems into his work. Accordingly, he has excelled in creating innovative, high-quality contemporary multiscript type families, each of which is unique in its design approach and responds to regional and international market needs. Staying true to his culture, he worked on turning traditional Arabic script into contemporary type. Always on the lookout for new ideas and harmony between scripts, he explores various tools and techniques and regularly partners with a team of professional designers specialized in specific scripts to create multiscript typography.

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.

NamelaType is a type foundry based in Magelang, Indonesia operated by Nur Syamsi and Bustanul Arifin. Passionate about harmonizing Latin and Arabic fonts, we aim to create innovative solutions that align their weight, shape, and style—despite their opposite flows—while exceeding our own and our readers’ expectations.

TSfonts type studio was founded by Tarek Alsawwa in 2019 and is based in Istanbul, Turkey. We have developed a strong library of beautiful fonts, which we own and license to designers, advertisers, and brands. We're constantly crafting and adding new fonts to keep our body of work fresh and relevant.

Established in 2001 in the heart of Florence by Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini, Francesco Canovaro and Debora Manetti. Powered by a team of Branding and Design veterans, the Italian foundry stands out for a prolific portfolio of contemporary type-families and revival fonts.

Monocotype is an independent type foundry based in Jakarta, Indonesia, specializing in retail and custom fonts that support multilingual typography. We design typefaces for Latin, Arabic, Korean, Thai, and other scripts, with a strong focus on clarity, cultural relevance, and cross-language usability.Our catalog includes everything from modern display fonts to technical single-line typefaces optimized for CNC, laser, and plotter use.Founded by Abdurrahman Hanif, Monocotype combines design precision with practical licensing, making our fonts suitable for brands, publishers, and creators worldwide.Discover more at monocotype.com or follow our updates on Instagram @monocotype.