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Arabic lead printing type

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Example of the 'fi' ligature in lead type from the 17th century.

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    Exhibition: the Dutch influence on Arabic type

    Dutch designers' involvement in the production of Arabic printing types from the 17thC to present day

    A timely and positive way to promote cultural exchange and tolerance between the West and the Arab world.
  • Book: 

    1Typographic Matchmaking

    This book is now available for ordering online from Nijhof & Lee and BIS Publishers.

    Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFares - As the world moves forward towards a more international (design) society, the need for fonts that can support multi-scripts becomes ...

  • Khatt projects

    We live to work!

    Here is an overview of our projects past, present and future.
  • event: khatt kufi & kaffiya

    From Amulet to Art Nouveau

    a Thousand Years of Arab-European Exchange in Printing and Book Design

    24 Aug 07 13:50 Dr Geoffrey Roper - The history of printing in the Arab world and Europe is the story of a 500-year exchange of technology, imagery and design. The Arabs...

  • Introduction to Islamic Art (program)

    Abu Dhabi (Public), Saturday 14, Sunday 15, Monday 16 June

  • event: Dubai, American University in Dubai

    The Kitabat conference

    The first major Arabic calligraphy and typography conference in the Middle East.

    5 Apr 06 > 8 Apr 06 Hosted by the Visual Communication Department at the American University in Dubai, in partnership with the Khatt Foundation (Center for...
  • Khatt project: 

    Typographic Matchmaking Pilot Project

  • Book: 

    Arabic Typography

    A comprehensive sourcebook

    Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFares - This is a comprehensive study, and practical reference, of Arabic letterforms and styles beginning with a concise historical overview of ...
  • Khatt Font Project: 

    The goals of the project

    Creating good matching Arabic fonts for existing Latin font families

    Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFares - The main thrust of the project is to address the modernization of Arabic textfaces and to develop quality Arabic fonts.
  • event: khatt kufi & kaffiya

    Writing From The Margins

    Technological Narratives of Arabic Typography

    24 Aug 07 15:00 J.R. Osborn - Narratives of Arabic typography shift between technological exclusion, historical resistance, and cultural rediscovery. From...