The Arabic Type Design Archive

Eduardo Tunni was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1963. He studied graphic design at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) and later specialized in typographic design. He co-founded the type foundry "Tipo" and some of his published there fonts were exhibited, selected and awarded around the world. For 10 years he was a teacher of the Master Career of Type Design at the UBA where he continues as external consultant. He made multilingual custom fonts for magazines, newspapers, universities, companies and countries with the collaboration of other colleagues. He has developed design methods that have been incorporated into the main typography design software that collaborates with typographic production.

A one-man type design studio specialized in high quality Arabic and Latin type design, logotypes, and type production.

Born in 1962, I am a type designer based in Barcelona and Son (Alt Àneu). I design retail and custom typefaces at typerepublic and I have been awarded with several Excellence in Type Design for my type design work. I am a member of AGI (Alliance Graphique Internationale) and ATypI (Association Typographique Internationale). I hold a PhD in Design from the University of Southampton (UK) and teach typography and type design at EINA, University School of Design and Art, in Barcelona. Apart from these type affairs, I also love hiking and riding on my mountain bike.

Lebanese-Dutch Tarek Atrissi is one of the most recognized designers across the Arab world. He is the founder of Tarek Atrissi Design (www.atrissi.com), a design studio based in Barcelona and with offices in The Netherlands. The studio’s typographic and cross-cultural design approach has produced projects that have left a significant influence on the contemporary graphic design landscape in the Middle East, gaining Atrissi international recognition. Tarek Atrissi’s awards include the prestigious German Design Award, the D&AD Award, the Type Directors Club New York (TDC) Awards, the Adobe Design Achievement Awards, and the Brand Impact Awards, among others. He was listed in 2017 as one of the 100 most influential Lebanese professional figures around the globe. Early in his career, in 2005, he was selected for Print Magazine’s “Twenty under Thirty,” an international review of the most accomplished visual artists under the age of 30.

Born in 1971 in Tehran, a graphic designer, specializing in visual identity and typography participated in several group calligraphy exhibitions Published works featured in the book "Iranian Logotypes" by Afraoui Publications in 2018 Awarded as the top contributor in the "Illustration" category in 2018

TSfonts type studio was founded by Tarek Alsawwa in 2019 and is based in Istanbul, Turkey. We have developed a strong library of beautiful fonts, which we own and license to designers, advertisers, and brands. We're constantly crafting and adding new fonts to keep our body of work fresh and relevant.

A leading and established boutique type foundry known for creating fonts that are distinctively human and full of character.

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.

Being the first and most experienced independent font foundry from South America, PampaType was founded in 2001 in Argentina by Alejandro Lo Celso, with the purpose of developing high quality typefaces for the widest range of uses, engaging in both retail & bespoke font industries. Since then their passion and work, which pioneered the Latin American type design scene, have become widely known and appreciated. Their typefaces have been broadly recognized for their quality and originality, and their team have become more international and more experienced. They believe in the idea of diversity. It is not unusual that PampaType families include various styles, some of them meant for immersive reading, some others for titling or decorative use. Their fonts are carefully handcrafted. They pay serious attention to details so characters look good both printed and on screen. Spacing and kerning are made by hand following visual strategies rather than mathematical methods. Therefore instead of feeling mechanical, their fonts build an organic rhythm, aiming at a friendly atmosphere and comfortable reading.

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.