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Hello there.
I'm an Arab design student looking to start out in Arabic type design. And so far it seems a bit intimidating, to say the least. So I was wondering if anyone would kind enough to give me a few pointers on how to start out.

Would somebody please tell me where the "mid-word hamza" is mapped? I know that's not the real name for it and my Arabic teacher would disapprove, but I assume you know what I mean?

For example: to type "your friends":

أصدقاءك

ُThat hamza should have a connecting bar underneath it. Where is the correct hamza mapped? I'm using the Arabic keyboard config as opposed to Arabic-QWERTY.

Also, if anyone has advice about typing in Arabic let me know. I'm pretty comfortable with it by now, but I'd be interested in learning more.

شكرا
پول

An affiliate of mine has just informed me of an exciting opportunity and I am looking to the khtt.net community to help identify appropriate candidates.

Experienced Graphic design / Branding + Fluent Arabic
(San Francisco Bay Area or New York/Manhattan)

We're seeking a highly seasoned person with the following qualifications for an upcoming project. You MUST have ALL of the following qualifications and experience:

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(2) Branding & identity designer/ art director/ senior graphics artist (5 years +)
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(4) Must be able to translate English-Arabic as well as offer cultural expertise & creative value to a highly visible branding project

Preferably perform work in either the San Francisco or New York City metropolitan areas.

Please send (a) text resume, (b) bio, and (c) link to portfolio (no attachments)... and a short paragraph about why you think you are qualified.

jerrykuyper@mac.com

Thank you for your help.

Jerry

Jerry Kuyper Partners

I am putting together a proposal for a Museum in Los Angeles, CA. It will be an exhibition Arabic Calligraphy. I would like to include an expert on Arabic Calligraphy. If you are or know anyone with the appropriate resume who could give this lecture and moderate a panel discussion please let me know. Must reside in the US or otherwise be willing to provide own travel expense and have a strong background/knowledge in this field.

Dear All,

Currently we are launching the first invitation-only shopping club in the Middle East, where Luxury and Lifestyle brands will be available online at prices up to 70% off their original retail.

I am currently selecting few artworks from various artists of this region to be used as background image on our blocking page with details of the artist to promote their portfolio as well.

Please visit www.fashionation.me and you will see the image background which I want to allocate for fashion / art related artworks or photography of this region.

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hello everyone
my name is hamid and i am from holland. i am looking for a iranian grafic disigner to work with. i am settin up a serıeus t-shirt company and i need help with some cool grafıcs. please contact me if you can help me with this. my email is deveenweg59c@live.nl.
hope to hear something soon.
thanx
hamid

hello everyone
my name is hamid and i am from holland. i am looking for a iranian grafic disigner to work with. i am settin up a serıeus t-shirt company and i need help with some cool grafıcs. please contact me if you can help me with this. my email is deveenweg59c@live.nl.
hope to hear something soon.
thanx
hamid

hello everyone
my name is hamid and i am from holland. i am looking for a iranian grafic disigner to work with. i am settin up a serıeus t-shirt company and i need help with some cool grafıcs. please contact me if you can help me with this. my email is deveenweg59c@live.nl.
hope to hear something soon.
thanx
hamid

hello everyone
my name is hamid and i am from holland. i am looking for a iranian grafic disigner to work with. i am settin up a serıeus t-shirt company and i need help with some cool grafıcs. please contact me if you can help me with this. my email is deveenweg59c@live.nl.
hope to hear something soon.
thanx
hamid

hello everyone
my name is hamid and i am from holland. i am looking for a iranian grafic disigner to work with. i am settin up a serıeus t-shirt company and i need help with some cool grafıcs. please contact me if you can help me with this. my email is deveenweg59c@live.nl.
hope to hear something soon.
thanx
hamid

What software are people using to create Arabic type?? Is it all hand drawn then scanned into illustrator??

Im all new to this, so any help would be great.

thanks

Hi, Im looking for ideas in-regards to my final year project.
Anything to do with Arabic typography and design will be great.

If anyone comes across any competitions/briefs which fits Arabic type please holla at me!!

Thank You People :)

Dear All,
I am in the process of developing a concept for an architectural project in Abu Dhabi. This is a high profile project with a good opportunity to gain some international exposure. There is some creative calligraphic work required and I would like to open invitations to anyone that maybe interested in taking up the challenge.
Please send me a private message on khtt.net if you would like more information on the project.
I look forward to hearing from you and perhaps working with some of you in the near future.

Kind Regards,

Shwan

Hello,

Are you passionate about graphic design or packaging ?

or are you a heavy weight creative team comprised of an Art director and graphic designer looking to work on a bold unique project unlike anything you have ever taken on before?

Do you speak and read Arabic like a pro? or are you curious about the region?

If you fit any of the above, and are interested in being on TV as part of a Docu Reality TV Program that aims to inspire the next generation of young Arab innovators please be in touch via the emails below.

This project would require travel to the Middle East for 2-3 weeks in the spring. If interested please email us your website, relevant links and a bio and we will look forward to being in touch.

leila@khayalprod.tv
zeina@khayalprod.tv

Looking forward to hearing from you and a very warm and wonderful new year ahead to you all full of great typography, sensational design and all the bits in-between.

Dear all :
I am Indonesian calligrapher, and now concentrate to development the Islamic calligraphy in my region, “Al-Aqlam” is one of center training Arabic calligraphy wich was established since 1989 by me, and now was training to 2000 the young calligraphers approximately in my country. Now, we were lose more facilities of training as result of earthquake wich shake in west sumatera at Sept 30th, 2009. Through this site I am looking for the personal or founders whose donate this activity with anythings like books of calligraphy, software in the VCD’s, DVD’s on Arabic calligraphy/arabesque/geometri, and tools of painting, etc.

I am waiting sincerely yours,

Irhash A. Shamad
Jalan Bypass, Km.8, Rt.03/03, No.9
Padang, 25152- INDONESIA
Email : irhash_shamad@yahoo.co.id

Hey buddies,

Any news about the new arabesque book?

Cheers,

Wishing all Eid Mubarak and long life and happiness and may fasting the month
of Ramadan be accepted
عيدكم سعيد وعمركم مديد وصيامكم مقبول وكل عام وأنتم بخير

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Hi all,

Do you know of a good art supply stores in Beirut? Paint, brushes... etc.

Thanks in advance.

Hayan

Selam and hello dear all
may be you knew or not it exist by xing.com an typografie group,
it is also free membership posible.
Best selam

Hi everyone,

I'm in fourth year at the Whanganui School of Design in New Zealand and my thesis is based on "Cultural influences in Typography". Could I please get your views on this topic and also your views on "cross-culture typeface designs"?

Thanks,
Ash

any body know about kufi mushaf scrip, kufi mushaf mention on ircica, turkey calligraphy competition ?

Hello all,

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Hi,

I have tried to search the forums for anything on this subject but could not find anything. I am designing a book in Adobe Indesign ME CS4 on mac and we are using Microsoft’s Traditional Arabic font in Regular and bold. I am not able to export a PDF as I get a message saying the font cannot be embedded due to licensing restrictions. Does anybody know who designed this font and is it possible to buy a unrestricted version? I have tried calling Microsoft Corporation but with no success. I am able to print the file as Postscript and then open it in Preview which converts it to a PDF. I can then save as a PDF from here but this seems to only work with A4 page size. My book is square and I cannot get this method to work for my size.

Thanks in advance.

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Hello everyone
I'm a new happy member of Khat.

I'm inquiring on websafe Arabic fonts.

Can someone please give me a list of such fonts.

Thanks

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i just want to now which software u use for Arabic calligraphy or arabic text...
Take care
God bless u

i hope all calligraphist know this person beautiful work.... i love his style

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Hi everybody

I'm a french student in the school of visual communication and I would like to do an internship this summer in an agency. I want to learn more with arabic typography.
Do you know some agencies (graphic design, publishing...) who can have interns ?
Not necessarily in arabic coutries, I know that some agencies in Europe (maybe Amsterdam...) work on arabics project.
I hope you can help me.

Thanks

Habiba

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She dreams of nineteen sixty-nine
Before the soldiers came
The life was cheap on bread and wine
And sharing meant no shame
She is awakened by the screams
Of rockets flying from nearby
And scared she clings onto her dreams
To beat the fear that she might die

And who will have won
When the soldiers have gone
From the lebanon
The lebanon

Before he leaves the camp he stops
He scans the world outside
And where there used to be some shops
Is where the snipers sometimes hide
He left his home the week before
He thought hed be like the police
But now he finds he is at war
Werent we supposed to keep the peace

And who will have won
When the soldiers have gone
From the lebanon
The lebanon
The lebanon
From the lebanon

I must be dreaming
It cant be true
I must be dreaming
It cant be true

And who will have won
When the soldiers have gone?
From the lebanon
The lebanon
The lebanon
From the lebanon

I was a sheep, a retired golden calf and certainly not a pig. now i'm thinking of turning invisible pink unicorn. the people who worship me are worse than animals, believe me.

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I was curious if anyone had a sheet or two of Arabic letraset?
For an advanced graphic design class we have been working on creating typographic fiction-- creating letterforms that experiment with form. (for an example please check my profile page) So I was going to work on a little project of my own but using Arabic letterforms. If anyone would be willing to do a trade or have suggestions for this project I would be forever grateful.

Thank you--
justin mckinley

I was curious if anyone had a sheet or two of Arabic letraset?
For an advanced graphic design class we have been working on creating typographic fiction-- creating letterforms that experiment with form. (for an example please check my profile page) So I was going to work on a little project of my own but using Arabic letterforms. If anyone would be willing to do a trade or have suggestions for this project I would be forever grateful.

Thank you--
justin mckinley

Hello,

does anybody know where I can find a font in Maghribi style? A modern version please... i need this quiet urgent. I have to use this for the flemisch-morroccan culturalhouse in Brussels, but i've noticed that there not much of that kind. Can somebody please help me out or a tip..? Maybe which of typographic matchmaking fonts "could" go for this style?

thanks a lot! :-)

Fenna

Hi everybody,

Firstly, I wanna thank the creators for all the work they are doing on this website.

So I'm actually working in Montreal (canada) and the last year I worked in Kuwait.
The next year (end of 2009) I want to come back in the middle east (Qatar, Abu Dhabi or Dubai).

I want to know if you know agencies in Qatar, Abu Dhabi or Dubai where I can apply.

Let me Know and Thanks a lot.

You can also have a quick look on my website (sorry it's in french :) )
www.romainlb.com

romain

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Hello guys,

I am a final year student at Loughborough University in the UK. I am currently working on my dissertation and major project and was wondering if its possible for me to get more information on arabic advertising/ branding as well as typography. Im also looking to download lots of arabic fonts to use in my upcoming projects. Any links or websites where I can do so, will be much appreciated.

Amina

Hallo every one.

Every one of us trying to do his best to make the Arabic signs and letters look more attractive in the eyes of the viewer.

Every one of us is an Ambassador of this Art.

People who are living in non Arabic countries sometimes are confronted with many obstacles just because they are either Oriental or Arabic.

Projects and Foundation like Khat Foundation are good tools to do so.

What can we do more in order to polish this image and show the Arabic calligraphy from its best view?

I am currently looking at creating signage in Doha and as I know very little about Arabic typography it would be great if anyone had any advice on what type of fonts are good for use on signage and why.

Kind Regards

Hayley

just a simple hello

Hello all,

We are currently looking for a graphic/interaction designer who is fluent in English and Arabic and who has done graphic design work in Arabic (very important).

Ideally he/she has the ability to produce high quality visual work and at the same time is familiar with interactive design (like websites/interactive CDs/mobile interfaces etc) and the aspects involved in producing these (conceptualization, wireframing, user-centered approach etc).

If you are interested and wish to know more about the project we are working on please email us at:
philomena.athanasiadou@thenodecompany.com

Recently there was held an Evening of Arabic Typography in Amsterdam, where Tom Milo and Tarek Atrissi aired their views. This link contains a video of the fascinating discussions.
river-valley.tv/conferences/arabic_typography_2008/
For this occasion I drew a cartoon showing my take on the amazing enthusiasm and creativity for Arabic typography in Holland. In the tradition of cartoons everything is presented in an satirical way, and I hope it will help us laugh at ourselves even while we discuss the issues in a serious and friendly manner. Do join Typophile and add to the discussions there. Huda and Edo please forgive me I never had the pleasure to see you so my depiction of you was just guesswork! :)
typophile.com/node/50960

Hi all,

Does any one know of a bigineer calligraphy lesson/workshop in Dubai?

Any tip would be much appreciated.

Rym

I'm expertised on vector drawing on computers and dream to develop an arabic tuluth font depending on khatt of a master calligrapher (khattat). but I have no info about principles of Arabic font building. Latin fonts are relatively easy to build but Arabic is not. Matter is how to provide the command to fix the letters together when needed. I don't know how Windows do it in currently available arabic fonts. Is it time to wake up from my dream or should I seek this info everywhere?
Best wishes
Ercan Mensiz
www.tugra.org (where tugras are gathered)

hi people,

just bought the typographic matchmaking book...when going trough the fonts on the disk i noticed that 'TheMix Arabic" folder only contains 0kb TTF files, so they can't be opened, only thing that works in that folder is the readme pdf file.

shouldn't this font normaly be included and working?....just asking to make sure :)

the book looks superb, can't wait to start reading!!

hi all
I,m planing on buying the Typographic Matchmaking fonts how ever I need to
know if these font are fully supported on the PC platform and MS office suite
also where do I buy theme from
i cant fined any link here that lead to transaction
I need help plaease
thank you
omam

salut à tout le monde ,
Je me présente d'abord,
je suis étudiante à l'école des Beaux Arts de TUNIS,spécialité" ART ET COMMUNICATION" je suis en 5éme année ,mon projet de fin d'études s'agit d'une création d'un magazine spécialisé aux professionnels de la communication visuelle arabe.
et pour une étude exacte des états des lieux je vais faire "UN QUESTIONNAIRE" afin de savoir les avis et les désires de notre public cible, alors j'ai besoin de vous contacter à travers mon messenger : allomimou@hotmail.fr
soyez le bienvenue
et MERCI de votre attention
et je veux aussi remercie d'avance les responsables du site "KATT" qui nous a permit d'avoir un espace de rencontres destiné aux designers arabes .

Would like to see a blend between chinese caligraphy and arabic typeface.
anyone?

cheers

_h

I know that green just about the most popular colour in the region but know very little about the association of other colours. A google search provided nothing but fairly glib, generic westerner orientated results with the odd snippet about other cultures. Does anyone know of a good resource that can help me find out more about how colours are interpreted in "Arab eyes"?

PS. I'm glad this site is in English. It is (like it or not) the main language of the internet and if this site was solely in Arabic, then it could easily become a place where (trendy non-Arab) people would come to skim for visual ideas to create "cool Arab(ish) style" designs without having much understanding of it's real value. Style over communication? No thanks. There too much of that already.

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thanx for creating this great site!
what a cool community :)

best regards,
nad

Hopefully someone can help me out here. We bought the book 'The Typographic Matchmaking' so that's how we ended up here.

We are working with an Arabic translater and a designer. We are translating currently on a Apple Mac. We're using the Keyboard Viewer to tyoe the translation [System Preferences, International, Input menu] but we can not 'glue' the separate characters together to words. There must be a trick/something we overlook currently. Who can help us out?

The questions are:
- What software on a Mac do you recommend for typing the Arabic translation?
- What input method do you suggest?
- How do we 'glue' together the separate characters [perhaps with a different input method the 'glueing' is not necessary anymore]?

Thanks in advance for your help!

Hi Folks,

I have two questions,

1) Which Arabic and Persian (Farsi) fonts are being used mostly in printing?

2) What font faces newspapers use in main text and headings in Arabic and Persian (Farsi)?

Thanks,

Shoaib

Dear members
we are currently hiring graphic designers and a creative director for a media house based in Abu Dhabi. If you are interested and would require further details, kindly contact me directly via e-mail: abdallah.alshami@gmail.com

Kind regards
Abdallah

Hi there!
Can anyone please recommend a font manager which allows you to preview Arabic fonts on a PC?
Typograf and X-Fonter for example would not display most of my Arabic fonts.
Thanks.

i am happy to join thie nice site and community.
thanks Huda

Okay, so I'm building a dual language font in Font Studio, Roman and Arabic, living together in perfect harmony side by side in FontStudio, but when I export the font... all hell breaks loose.
Exported as Opentype TTF, and it works fine in my Middle Eastern version of InDesign, doing all those cool contextual substitutions and typing right-to-left etc etc. But. It doesn't substitute in Mellel, and my PC-based Saudi client can only see the Roman.
I'm doing something stupid, I can tell, but I don't know what it is.
Please can anyone help?
Cheers
Rob

PS Think that the project is fantastic, and the Typographic Matchmaking book has been my Arab Type 101 for getting up to speed on how to do typography in an unfamiliar character set. Thanks to you.

hi everyone,

i m from turkey in ankara. i m new in this web site. i need a kufi font for a account. but this account's style, in oriantalims style. so if you help me to find kufi font, i will be happy.

best regards to everyone...

realy this is helpfull for designers to share their ideas

I would like to say thanks on this wonderful idea to attract font designers, & make this site a beacon for them.

I’m glad that I could find and navigate many artists and designers in the Middle East and around the world. Thank a bunch.

I study Graphic Design in the Netherlands. Here fore I’m in the last year and currently writing my graduate paper.
My purpose is to compare the cultural posters made in Europe with the cultural posters made in the Middle East. I have chosen this comparison because the situation in Europe and the Middle East are known in the Netherlands nowadays. However I understand that differences exist between different countries within Europe and within the Middle East.

To write a good and well-motivated paper, I need the input from different people. Therefore I ask you kindly to please answer (one of) my questions:
- What want designers to communicate in the Middle East and what are the purposes of these designs?
- Is there any political purpose or influence?
- Are country traditions involved in the design, and if so, why is this important?
- What are the differences and similarities between European-made and Middle East-made posters?
- What elements are important during the design (photographs, illustrations, typography, materials, techniques, etc)?
If you have any remarks or insights you want to share with me, do not hesitate to write me.

With kind regards,

Miranda de Groot

I'm designing work for a dancefestival wth arabic dancegroups. There will be dutch and arabic text on every item. But my computer doesn't read the arabic well.
I'm working on a Apple Intel G4. Do you know what to do?
Please tell me!

Wow I love the site. Very inspiring :)

Regards,

Nisreen Shahin

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This is a call for labmembers/designers - new & old - to contribute with reflexions. What is Arab design, fashion, art, archicture & culture like. And why?
Sign up & upload your pictures, ideas, reflexions,.. as soon as possible on www.addictlab.com/index.php/arab_lab and get published in our Inspiration Book!
Or contact us if you have any questions!

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can I ask why is this site in English?

Hello

I have found this cool site , which concerns Arabic Calligraphy and Typography , really i feel happy to see such site , I'm an Arabic Calligrapher from Egypt , I like writting this kind Of art , you will see my art works here :

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I hope to have your comments .

Regards

Ahmed Kandil

Hello,

I just want to thank "khtt", Huda and co-workers, for bringing the symposium here to Europe. It was a great day and very inspiring. I hope this was not the last one!
Maybe next time in Belgium. Looking forward to it!

kind regards,

Fenna

this website is the missing piece of the arabesque of orientalism!!!
;-)

looking forward to 24th

Luigi

Hi/Salam,

Wanted to know where I could get hold of some Arabic pixel type (use in Flash for clean rendering). I began making my own one, but need one soon for an upcoming project.

Thanks.

On the 28th and 29th of August I will be giving an Arabic kufi Workshop for non-Arabic speakers. The workshop will start with a lecture about Arabic Kufi style, then each participant will make his own square kufi pattern using Latin and/or Arabic letters. Any one interested in knowing more about Arabic letters and in participial Arabic kufi pattern can attend the workshop. The workshop will be giving in two sessions for 4 hours each. The workshop will be held in the El Hema Exhibition area in the Post CS building.

Any suggestions for the workshop are welcomed.

The fonts are great as is the initiative itself, but how can one acquire these fonts?

Regards,
Jack

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