The Arabic Type Design Archive

Graphic Designer Member of Iranian Graphic Designers Society (IGDS) Recipient of the "Ebtekar" font design award at the inaugural Annual Book Design Art (2015)

Holds a Master’s degree in Graphics from the University of Tehran. He has been professionally and continuously involved in Persian typeface design since 2010, and has been teaching typeface design at universities since 2008. In 2017, he won the second prize (shared) in font design at the 5th Silver Cypress Exhibition

Borna Izadpanah is a Lecturer in Typography at the University of Reading, from where he was also awarded a PhD, and an MA in Typeface Design. His doctoral research explored the history of the early typographic representation of the Persian language. Borna has received numerous prestigious awards for his research and typeface design, including the Grand Prize and the First Prize for Arabic Text Typeface in the Granshan Type Design Competition, two Awards for Excellence in Type Design from the Type Directors Club, and the Symposia Iranica Prize for the best paper in Art History.

With over 15 years of experience in graphic design and typeface creation, he has designed several fonts, including Farhoud, Capsule, Ostad, and Melli.

An award winning graphic designer based in Cairo, Egypt, specialized in Arabic type design and illustration. She earned her BFA in graphic design from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2016. In her work, Maha tries to bridge her two interests, explore how both fields can enrich one another, and respond to today’s needs. Guided as well as inspired by the vast, diverse Arab and Islamic visual heritage and the natural world. This process is best displayed in her debut typeface Hudhud, which is originally made to respond to the need of a friendly Arabic typeface to work in harmony with organic hand drawn illustrations, with respect to the script grammar and structure. Hudhud was awarded the certificate for typographic excellence from TDC and won 3rd place at the 11th Granshan type design competition.

Latinotype is a Chilean digital type foundry founded in 2007 that designs and distributes high-quality fonts inspired by Latin American culture and global influences. They have a large library of fonts, are considered a leading type company globally, and offer custom font services.

NaN is an exploratory and service-driven type design practice balancing weirdness and wisdom. Together with our wonderful rag-tag team of collaborators, clients and crew, we explore the relationship type has with code and technology – delivering projects with purpose. You can expect to find us at the intersection of serious and slap-happy.

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

29Letters Type Foundry S.L. [29LT] is dedicated to creating and publishing multiscript typefaces. Its Arabic and Latin typography leading edge arises from its collaborative team of professional Arab and European type designers crafting high-quality typefaces. Besides publishing unique retail fonts, 29LT frequently joins forces with renowned international branding, design, and advertising agencies to deliver high-end typographic solutions, such as bespoke fonts and wordmarks.

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.