- event: khatt kufi & kaffiya
From Amulet to Art Nouveau
a Thousand Years of Arab-European Exchange in Printing and Book Design
24 Aug 2007
13:50
The history of printing in the Arab world and Europe is the story of a 500-year exchange of technology, imagery and design. The…
Khatt projects
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Here is an overview of our projects past, present and future.
- Project:
Edo
HudaA 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…
- event: khatt kufi & kaffiya
Writing From The Margins
Technological Narratives of Arabic Typography
24 Aug 2007
Narratives of Arabic typography shift between technological exclusion, historical resistance, and cultural rediscovery. From…
- Book:
Arabic Typography
A comprehensive sourcebook
copyright © Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès, 2001 Originally published by Saqi Books, London ISBN 0-86356-347-3 This book is out of…
- gallery- 3 reactions
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…
- event- 2 reactions
Orientalia : Lead, Light and Letters
Exhibition on Arabo-Dutch Type Design from the 17th-21st Century.
A timely and positive way to promote cultural exchange and understanding between the West and the Arab world, and put the topic in…