The Arabic Type Design Archive

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.

Ricard Garcia is a type designer based in Barcelona. In 2015 he received his BA in Graphic Design from the University of Barcelona. Before moving to The Hague to study at Type and Media, he worked at Typerepublic as a type designer. His work is now a balance of type design, lettering & code.

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

Mohammadreza Chitsaz was born in 1363 and graduated from Tehran University of Art. Mohammadreza has been working as a graphic designer since 1981.

Instructor of specialized graphics course Master of Graphics Design :Visual artist

Atlas Fonts publishes original typefaces for today’s global reading experiences. Dedicated to professional use in editorial, brand, and interface design, Atlas’ typefaces offer multilingual, multi-platform solutions. Carefully crafted details and thoughtful features enable designers to achieve refined typography and innovative visual identities. Our typographic systems are built to perform across all environments – from large-scale to micro text, from one script to another. Each growing collection of high-quality font families is meticulously developed and extensively expanded. What began nearly twenty years ago as an academic playground for language, reading behavior, and typographic design has evolved into a studio dedicated to developing comprehensive typographic systems. We aim to solve the complex challenges of multi-platform typography in a globalised world for each individual native reader. Founded in 2012 by Christoph Dunst, Atlas Fonts is based in Berlin, Germany.

Founded in 2018, Original Type sets out to produce and publish original, contemporary typefaces, both retail and custom, that enable creatives and brands express themselves in an authentic way.

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.

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.

An independent type foundry based in Cairo, Egypt. Driven by the love of our Arabic heritage, we're on a mission to explore the wide boundaries of Arabic letters potential. Our motto is "Arabic lives, Arabic lasts".