The Arabic Type Design Archive

Sina Fakour is a visual artist, graphic and type designer, researcher and tutor. He graduated with a BA in Graphic Design from the Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, and holds a master's degree in Graphic Design from the École supérieure d’art et design de Valence. In 2023, he also completed his post-master research program at Atelier National de Recherche Typographique in Nancy, France. His work revolves around the concepts of language, writing systems, code, and translation. These concepts are expressed through diverse mediums, including Print, multilingual typography, editorial design, type design, creative coding, scientific experimentation, tool making, photography, video, & more. Furthermore, he participates in and gives lectures on typography, his research, and his practice at various events, as well as regularly engaging with art schools as a lecturer, jury member, or workshop instructor. He is currently assistant professor at the American university of Beirut (AUB).

He holds a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Graphic Design from the University of Tehran. He completed type design courses under the supervision of Sedaghat Jabari and Masoud Sepehr at the university, while also attending independent workshops at Vije School with Damoon KhanjanZadeh. He has collaborated closely with various studios, including Kargah Studio, Sepehr Studio, Daftar Studio, and Markazi Studio, in type design and font development. His released typeface families include the exclusive typeface family for Saman Bank, the Royasamin font family, and the Roudaki font family for the Roudaki Foundation.

Researcher in the field of new media, design, and advertising.

She is a type designer and lettering artist, born and raised in Iran. Her love of letters began at a young age when her dad bought a book titled “Secrets of Nastaliq”. After achieving both a bachelors and masters degree in Graphic Design in Iran, she began work as a brand and packaging designer. The continued love of letters apparent in her design work led her to apply for the MA Type Design course at the University of Reading. Following this she was employed by F37 and is currently working as a type designer for them on numerous scripts. Shaqa is also a lettering artist active on social media, with her artworks being used across the globe. She was also selected to talk at AtypI Paris 2023 and Type Lab 2023.

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

Arabictypography.com is an independent type foundry designing and producing original multilingual digital fonts that respond to specific market needs. Our key expertise is in languages using the Arabic script and additional other scripts matching or working in harmony with Arabic. Our retail fonts library includes a collection of stylish typefaces that we have designed and that are available for immediate purchase in different licensing models. Our fonts vary in styles and design and are specifically designed for a variety of usage possibilities in branding and communication.

Babelfont is an independent type foundry in Paris and Marrakech. We design multiscript typefaces — Arabic, Latin, Tifinagh, and Korean. Our goal is simple: connect cultures through letterforms.
 The language of the future is multiscript.

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.

SIL International works with local communities to develop language solutions that expand possibilities for a better life. A small team specializes in developing fonts for world scripts including Arabic, Burmese, Cyrillic, Devanagari, Ethiopic, Greek, Gunjala Gondi, Hebrew, Latin, Lepcha, Miao, New Tai Lue, Tai Viet, Tifinagh, and Yi.

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.