The Arabic Type Design Archive

Bahraini Calligraphy Artist & Graphic Designer, His portfolio extends to fields as diverse as Islamic art, font design & web development... Adobe Tools.

Founder of Hamim Studio. Specialized in logo and visual identity design

Born in 1365 (1986) | Shiraz Bachelor's in Graphic Design | Non-profit Shiraz Art University Typographer and Typeface Designer Philosophy Typeface Design | 1400 (2021) Telegraph Typeface Design | 1401 (2022) Gramophone Typeface Design | 1402 (2023

He is a Designer, with strengths in Graphics and Typography. Experiences in Publishing, Healthcare, F&B, and Cultural domains. With 5+ years of experience, in the field of Graphic Design he puts his work under the name Awal Studio. He also founded the Monoco Type Foundry as a playground for his experiments in the field of typography. Apart from his work, Hanif also has an interest in Sino-Muslims and likes writing articles.

He is an award-winning typeface designer whose work spans multiple scripts and design cultures. His path to type was anything but linear – having gone from juggling and organising concerts to working in visual communication, graphic design, illustration, web design, packaging, and animation. He finally chose to pursue his passion with typography. Kostas graduated the MA in Typeface Design from the University of Reading with distinction and held a senior designer role at URW Typefoundry, before becoming one part of Foundry 5 in 2021. He enjoys innovative explorations in Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, and Arabic type design, and spends his time designing original typefaces, expanding script support of existing ones, and offering consultation for designers and type foundries such as Google Fonts, TypeTogether, and NaN. He has received acclaimed awards and recognitions for his work by the Type Directors Club, Granshan, EdAwards, EVGE, and Communication Arts, and he has served as a juror for both TDC and Granshan competitions. Among his most notable works is Averta, named one of the top 100 most-used web fonts. He co-designed Peridot Latin and Peridot PE, expansive families that support Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic scripts with over 120 styles, as well as other popular fonts such as Commissioner, Oi, Zona Pro, and Evert.

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

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.

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.

Specialize in typography and offer innovative font solutions designed & programming to meet the needs of global and local audiences.

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.