The Arabic Type Design Archive

Typographer, Logotype & Typeface Design Instructor • Design Irancell, Tehran Book Garden, Leila, Ravi, Abar & Paykan • Design MyBaby, Alibaba, Ayandeh Bank, Fanoos (Hamkaran System), Inverse School, Bonyade Koodak & InshapeBody typefaces in collaboration with Mahdi Ershadi • Design MIKA, Vazeh quranic typefaces, Dabestan & Ray typefaces in collaboration with Omid Emamian • Design Doran typeface in collaboration with Fereshteh Iranshahi • Design Yekan Bakh typeface (Redesigning Yekan Typeface) in collaboration with Mahan Jafarzadeh • Design Novin Web typeface (Redesigning Novin Typeface designed by Hirbod Lotfian) • Design Nian typeface in collaboration with Afsaneh Salek Notable Achievements • 3rd Place and Honorable Diploma - GRANSHAN Type Design Competition. • Grand Prize - Silk Road Biennial for Typeface Design. • TDC Typographic Excellence (2018) - Vazeh UI Quranic Typeface. • TDC Typographic Excellence (2018) - Ray Typeface. • TDC Typographic Excellence (2019) - Vazeh Classic Quranic Typeface.

a seasoned Tunisian front-end developer with a rich journey of over 14 years in the tech world. My current professional landscape is sculpted with Vue 3, Tailwind, and Typescript, where I blend innovation with functionality. Beyond the pixels and code lines, I delve into the world of numismatics, celebrating the art and history encapsulated in each coin. I'm also passionately immersed in type design, where each font tells a story. And, in the elegant strokes of Arabic calligraphy, I find a creative haven, crafting beauty with every curve and line.

Passionate about calligraphy and environmental design from early childhood, Ali Pezeshk learned every style of Persian and Arabic writing in early ages from local sign-makers and by looking at inscriptions in historical buildings of Iran. He studied Computer engineering and worked as Pre-press specialist at Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults (Kanoon) for 2 years, which gave him a good sense of font usage and typography in publishing. Then he experimented different fields of design and made his first font based on vintage Iranian film posters in 2016. After changing his filed of focus for about a decade, researching handmade papers and related artworks, he again started designing fonts based on his ideas evolved in the recent years about language and type.

Egyptian designer who lives in Cairo, interested in any form of visual or audio representation. Worked at “People of the Internet” agency as a graphic designer, video editor, creative content creator, and music producer. Currently studying applied sciences and arts (Graphic design major) at the German University in Cairo.

Santiago Orozco is a type designer and engineer specializing in screen and print typography, with nine years of experience shaping fonts, information design, and art direction. Based in Norway, he currently contributes as a Type Designer at Font Bureau and Typemade, blending craftsmanship with code across font development and typography projects. His career also includes leadership roles as Operations & Art Director at OnixMedia and as Art Director/Information Designer at Danilo Design Group, illustrating a strong track record in creative direction and technical execution. He actively engages with the typography community as an organizer at tipografiamx and collaborates with Fontdeck and Typekit, reflecting a global, design-forward ethos. A proponent of simplicity, he applies web, mobile, and design sensibilities to deliver clean, legible type systems and user-friendly typographic experiences.

Boharat is a type foundry that aims to introduce new flavors to the Arabic design scene. Boharat Cairo offers remarkable retail fonts, and accepts custom and bespoke fonts and typography related projects.

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.

Mestara which is a measurement tool means the “ruler” symbolizes our precision, we are a type foundry specialized in creating and designing Arabic typefaces. Founded by a professional calligrapher and designer, Mestara aims to reflect the beauty, and modernity while respecting traditional calligraphic principles.

Alif Type the online home for my, Khaled Hosny, typefaces. It is a virtual type foundry, in the sense that there no physical place, a company, or employees, it is just me doing things I love mostly in my spare time. My typefaces are all free, and open source.

A Netherlands-based type design company, recognised internationally as experts in multilingual typography and creating innovative font solutions for both global and local audiences.