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The trend of Arabic calligraphy/typography in…

A new crop of designers from the region and abroad are pushing the envelope by employing Arabic calligraphy in innovative ways. Read two interesting short articles: A Fashion Icon is Born and...
INSPIRE / Huda Smitshuijzen Abifarès

Design Indaba video interview at What Design Can Do 2011

Design thinking is important for innovation in traditional scripts.
New York Times _T Magazine Michael Rock

Khatt Foundation in the New York Times

The Ever-Evolving Typographic Life of the Arabic Language

Fonts and letterforms are more than just design. They’re the very fabric of civilization. So what happens when we can’t write together?
Article: Multiple Baselines Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès 20 Jun 2011

Typefaces have a body and a soul

Interview with Nadine Chahine, Arabic specialist at Linotype and Monotype Imaging

Part of the Multiple Baselines series Nadine Chahine, can be considered the first woman Arab type designer. Born and raised in Beirut, Nadine has sailed from her Mediterranean city, one of the...
Article: Multiple Baselines Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès 30 Jun 2011

Thuraya: an imperial font's new face

Interview with Kristyan Sarkis, independent type designer

Part of the Multiple Baselines series Kristyan Sarkis, was one of this year's Type Directors Club award winners for excellence in Typeface Design with his newly released and highly inventive font...
Season's Greetings 2013

We are looking forward to a new start with incubating research projects, design residency program, new articles/interview series, and latest publications. Stay tuned and as always send us your ideas

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