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can I ask why is this site in English?

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.

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!

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

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.

just a simple hello

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

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.

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!

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

Regards,
Jack

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

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)

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)

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)

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!!

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.

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

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

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

looking forward to 24th

Luigi

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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

Hi all,

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

Any tip would be much appreciated.

Rym

I just relocated to Dubai and am looking for evening or week end calligraphy lessons or workshops for beginners.

Any tips would be much appreciated.

Rym

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 be
sur these font are fully supported on the PC platform
also where do I buy theme
i cant fined any link here that lead to transaction
I need help plaease
thank you
omam

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

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

hi all
can some one please help me
I would like to buy the Typographic Matchmaking project 01 font collection
I just need to know how do i buy theme?
and do these font fully support the window operating system and the microsoft office applicationm
thank you

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 .

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

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AMG is working on a new TV channel, the first of its kind in the region with an innovative and fresh approach. The channel is also focused on showcasing international and independent films from all over the world. With a dynamic team and great room for growth and creative input and autonomy, the channel’s look and feel are to be built with the direct contributions and ideas of the team working on bringing it to life.

We are currently seeking a creative designer with an Arabic calligraphy, arts and culture affinity who uniquely merges world design disciplines to design this channel to life. The designer will be responsible for brainstorming creative concepts, developing original design strategies, executing designs and establishing style guides to be used across the channel, participating in visual design presentations and developing design specs for production. Some of the components include creating brand identity, onscreen promotions, bumpers, idents, TVCS and much more. The creative work would be applied across both print and on screen motion platforms.

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

best regards,
nad

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

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

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.

Wow I love the site. Very inspiring :)

Regards,

Nisreen Shahin

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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 :

www.freewebs.com/ahmed-kandil ,

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