F37 Foundry designer reveals the differences between calligraphy and type design.

Born in Lebanon, she came to a career in type design initially via her graphic design studies at the American University of Beirut. This early awakening to the design possibilities for Arabic type was ...

A new breed of designers is refashioning classical Arabic fonts to combine beauty and readability for the digital era Cairo: There are 28 letters in the Arabic alphabet. There are four possible ...

Efforts being made to reaffirm Arab identity at corporate level Dubai: "There aren't enough Arabic typefaces," said typographer Tarek Atrissi. It wasn't so much an observation as it was a declaration.