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article Edo Smitshuijzen
Arabic geometry in contemporary architecture
Traditionally, geometric decorations play an important role in Arabic visual culture and Islamic art. Buildings often carry geometric patterns in tiles, mosaics and painted decorations.
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Hussein Alazaat
حسين الأزعط
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marie succar
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Book khatt kufi & kaffiya Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès 1 Aug 2007
Typographic Matchmaking
This book is out of print
Copyright©2007. Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFares Published by BIS Publishers, Amsterdam. 2007 ISBN 978-90-6369-124-0 A new edition is available for ordering from Khatt Books. Click here to place your...
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Khatt Font Project Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès
The goals of the project
Creating good matching Arabic fonts for existing Latin font families
The main thrust of the project is to address the modernization of Arabic textfaces and to develop quality Arabic fonts.
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Mouneer Al-Shaarani
Calligrapher, designer and writer
Mounir Al- Shaarani is calligrapher, designer and writer, living and working in Cairo, Egypt. Born in Syria and graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Damascus ( 1977). He studied under the great...
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Lara Assouad
Arab type and graphic designer
Lara Assouad is an independent graphic and type designer with a particular interest in the relation between Arabic and Latin writing systems and multicultural identities. She has researched Arabic...
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Fred Smeijers
Type designer & professor
Works as a type designer, researcher and writer.
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Organization:
BIS Publishers
BIS Publishers is active in the field of design and architecture publishing.
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Conference American University in Dubai
The Kitabat conference
The first major Arabic calligraphy and typography conference in the Middle East.
Dubai, 5 - 8 April 2006 Hosted by the Visual Communication Department at the American University in Dubai, in partnership with the Khatt Foundation (Center for Arabic Typography, Amsterdam) and...
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Khatt Font Project
The Typographic Matchmaking 01 project
Building cultural bridges with typeface design
10 Arab and Dutch designers collaborate on designing Arabic companions for Dutch fonts
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Book Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès 1 Jan 2001
Arabic Typography
A comprehensive sourcebook
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