Inside pages from the typographic Matchmaking book. Introduction spread showing bilingual text and graphic collages from the Middle East.
Collages by Tarek Atrissi.
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- Book:
Typographic Matchmaking
This book is now available for ordering online from Nijhof & Lee and BIS Publishers.
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:
Alexandria,
ACAF
Place In Place Of: Alexandria
And Upcoming Lectures by Jeremy Beaudry
18 Jan 08 19:00 > 24 Jan 08 20:00
Place In Place Of: Alexandria is a work in progress by Jeremy Beaudry that manifests itself as a set of site-specific interventions,...
- Article:
Sanaa Fashion Fusion
mixing tradition and globart street trends
Sanaa's streets are filled with very tasteful examples of a Arabic/western fashion fusion New Arabic type design impresses Dutch lawyers and captains of industry
El-HEMA Exhibition at Mediamatic
Good graphic design still creates a very powerful image. Sometimes even up to a level that it may mislead and subsequently embarrass ...-
event:
961 Beer Bar, Gemmayzeh, Beirut
Samandal Comics
Magazine Launch
14 Sept 07 20
The Samandal Comics Magazine is the second publication at xanadu*
The magazine will be launched at the 961 Beer Bar, Gemmayzeh, in...
- news:
Pink Sushi
New fashion, a colorful mix of Emirati visual icons.
Attempting to express oneself is of course a universal human endeavor. In rather conservative social environments this natural tendency ... - Book:
Arabesque
Graphic Design from the Arab World and Persia
Authors: Ben Wittner, Sascha Thoma, Nicolas Bourquin
Release: April 2008 Available Soon!
Price: € 44,00 / $ 65,00 / £ 33,00 ... - Khatt Font Project:
The design brief
To create legible Arabic fonts that can accommodate the design needs of contemporary design in the Arab world.
The brief was limited to creating book typefaces that can compliment the chosen Latin typefaces. Innovation and diversity in Arabic ... - Project:
A turning point for Arabic typography and design
Report on the Khatt Kufi & Kaffiya symposium and the Typographic Matchmaking project presentations.
The Typographic Matchmaking project ( Arabic fonts and book ), the Khatt online community (www.khtt.net), the Khatt Kufi and Kaffiya ...