The Arabic Type Design Archive

Type and Graphic designer BA & MA in Graphic Design from Soore University Collaboration in the design, optimization, and development of the Vartan typeface, Mashq Studio.

I am a graphic designer and visual artist from Lebanon, currently based in Paris. My design journey began at LAU (Lebanese American University) in Beirut and continued with studies in Animation upon relocating to France. Since 2005, I have remained dedicated to graphic design, working from my Studio Nem., which I founded in 2019 in Paris.

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.

Specializing in brand development and strategy, from conception to final implementation. I have approximately 12 years of experience in graphic design and art direction, during which I have worked for government entities, marketing agencies, and branding agencies. I have also provided consulting services to various entities and companies.

He holds a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Graphic Design from the University of Tehran. He completed type design courses under the supervision of Sedaghat Jabari and Masoud Sepehr at the university, while also attending independent workshops at Vije School with Damoon KhanjanZadeh. He has collaborated closely with various studios, including Kargah Studio, Sepehr Studio, Daftar Studio, and Markazi Studio, in type design and font development. His released typeface families include the exclusive typeface family for Saman Bank, the Royasamin font family, and the Roudaki font family for the Roudaki Foundation.

Arillatype.Studio® is a type design studio exploring the intersection of creativity, craft and technology. We design contemporary retail typefaces and charismatic custom fonts.

The Northern Block is an independent type foundry internationally recognised for producing modernist fonts for brands, creatives and makers.

Our names are Sahar Afshar and José Solé, and we are partners in life and in Dogray, a type foundry based in the south of London. We met in 2017 in a type conference⁠—⁠here’s to our dearly departed TypoLabs Berlin⁠🍻⁠—⁠and hit it off (we actually met in 2015 at our friend Kalapi’s wedding in India, but that’s a story for another time). After working in a large type design studio for some years, we decided to leave the safety of our full time jobs and get back to what brought us to making fonts in the first place; the joy of creative decision making in the design of typefaces, and reconnecting with the wider design community. We started Dogray Type Foundry to do just that; to enjoy designing fonts we feel will be useful, and bring fun back into our careers. Very importantly, we wanted to embrace collaboration over competition; we center co‑creating at the heart of our foundry⁠—⁠not just in combining our individual strengths and skills, but also by using each of our library fonts as an opportunity to collaborate with a different creative from the wider fields of Arts and Humanities. We do this because of our fundamental belief; that best work happens when unique and diverse perspectives collide.

DSType is an independent type foundry, founded in 1994. Since then we had the opportunity to work with some of the world’s most recognized companies, brands, and publications while creating an extensive and comprehensive catalog of high-quality typefaces. We have received numerous awards, including a Certificate of Excellence in Type Design by the Type Directors Club and we have been featured in several magazines, newspapers, books, and exhibitions worldwide. You will be able to see our work at most newsstands, several packaging, world-known brands, and global scale events.

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.