The Arabic Type Design Archive

Reza Ghaffari | Type Designer, Official member of the Iranian Graphic Designers Guild since 2008.

A graphic graduate, has been working on type design since 2016 under the supervision of Professor Damon Khanjanzadeh. He started his professional career by working in advertising agencies and design studios since 2006. He has also participated in several foreign and domestic poster design festivals. He is currently working as an art director.

Designer and Assistant Professor of Design, the American University of Beirut. Graduated from Notre Dame University, Lebanon, with a BA in Graphic Design and later acquired an MA with distinction at Middlesex University, London. She is the design director of Al Mohtaraf (www.mohtaraf.com) design house, where she designs and produces major corporate identities for the Arab world, corporate publications, books, magazines and Arabic typefaces. She also teaches graphic design at two major universities in Lebanon, LAU and NDU. Published work in several international design books. Winner of an ISTD premium award and D&AD 2005 in-book award for best designed books. Participated as a jury member in the D&AD awards and is a regular jury member in ISTD’s student assessment scheme.

type designer and founder of the Fontamin website.

"Graphic designer, UI/UX designer, and active in the startup ecosystem."

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.

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.

Founded in 2009, the Indian Type Foundry (ITF) designs and distributes fine-quality multilingual fonts for both Indian and global markets.

TNTypography in Paris, and specializes in Arabic typeface design, typography and custom type. A 2006 graduate in the Master of Arts Typeface Design programme at the Department of Typography and Visual Communication, University of Reading, he also studied Arabic script at the École Supérier d'Art et de Design d'Amiens, France. Titus holds a PhD in Typography & Graphic Communication from the University of Reading, UK.

Parachute® is a European type foundry and design agency founded in 2001, specializing in bespoke type design, corporate typefaces, and lettering for global brands.