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  • Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès

    Founding Director of the Khatt Foundation, Center for Arabic Typography.

    Member of AGI (Alliance Graphique Internationale) http://a-g-i.org/ www.khtt.net www.khattbooks.com Instagram: @khattfoundation, @khatt_Books, @khatt_chronicles, @hudasmitshuijzen Twitter: @khttnet  ...
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  • Arabic Type Design Workshop Registration is Open

    Register as soon as you can before all the spaces fill up.

    Please visit the Tashkeel webiste at the following link: http://www.tashkeel.org/En/Current_Workshops.aspx And read below all about the 4 options you can choose from.

  • Cairo font?

    So, Cairo was the first Arabic city who owned an Arabic font?

  • White Wall Beirut

    Great event not to be missed this fall in Beirut

    6 Sep 2012—3 Nov 2012 At Beirut Art Center (BAC), Jisr El Wati. Building 13 street 97, Zone 66 Adlieh, Beirut In Partnership with Fondation Saradar

  • Art, Comics and Design Competitions

    News: May 2012

    Dear members, before you start planning your summer holidays we would like to point out to you some interesting projects and inspiring destinations.

  • Workshop: Arabic Lettering & Arabesque in Product…

    The Khatt Foundation Workshop @ Design Days Dubai 2012

    A public workshop on the role of Arabic lettering in bringing an Arab/Middle Eastern look and identity to product design. Led by Huda Smitshuijzen-AbiFarès & Lara Assouad-Khoury Date: 18 March 2012...
  • Tashkeel Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès

    Khabsa! Work in Progress Exhibition

    Informal exhibition of the Khat Foundation Type Design Workshop

    Opening reception 6:30pm, Tuesday 25th of October 2011, at the Small Gallery, Tashkeel, Nad Al Sheba Exhibition runs from 25th October to 3rd November 2011 Location: Intersection street 5 and...
  • Tashkeel, Pavillion Downtown Dubai Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès

    Reminder: Khatt Foundation Type Design Workshop

    Dubai Workshop and Lecture Series 2011

    5-Day workshop || 3-Day Lecture Series by several renowned Arab designers Workshop leaders: Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFares, Lara Assouad Khoury, Pascal Zoghbi Guest speakers: Wissam Shawkat, Sheikha Bin...

  • Reminder: Film screening / book signing @ the 6th…

    Khatt Foundation's Typographic Matchmaking in the City in NY

    @ MoMA PS1, 22-25 Jackson Ave. at the intersection of 46th Ave., NY 11101 Long Island City Organized By Printed Matter, Inc., +12129250325, www.printedmatter.org/ Date: Sunday, 2 October 2011

  • Autumn Events in New York & Dubai

    Please join us if you happen to be nearby to any (or all) of our Khatt Foundation events this fall. Visit khtt.net to read more about each event .
  • 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...
  • Article: Multiple Baselines Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès 30 Jul 2011

    Love your letters, they are your babies!

    Interview with Pascal Zoghbi, independent type designer

    Part of the  Multiple Baselines series Pascal Zoghbi is one of the young generation of Arab type designers. He has participated in two of the design research projects of the Khatt Foundation:...
  • Article: Multiple Baselines Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès 12 Sep 2011

    The Arabic script can be minimalist and…

    Interview with Lara Assouad, independent designer

    Part of the  Multiple Baselines series Lara Assouad is one of the young generation of Arab graphic and type designers. She has participated in the first design research project of the Khatt...
  • Article: Multiple Baselines Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès

    There is a strong intuitive side to designing…

    Interview with Yara Khoury, Design Director at Al Mohtaraf.

    Part of the  Multiple Baselines series Yara Khoury is the design director at Al Mohtaraf (www.mohtaraf.com) design house, where she designs and produces major corporate identities for the Arab world
  • Article: Multiple Baselines Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès

    Kufin: visually interpreting the modularity of…

    Interview with Lina Abdul Hadi, Senior Designer at Syntax.

    Part of the  Multiple Baselines series Lina Abdul Hadi is a Jordan-based graphic designer and type enthusiast, passionate about the communicative value of graphic design and its ability to convey...
  • Article: Multiple Baselines Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès

    Arabic Lettering: the meeting point of graphic…

    Interview with Tarek Atrissi, Tarek Atrissi Design.

    Part of the  Multiple Baselines series Tarek Atrissi is a Beirut born designer. He is founder and principal of Tarek Atrissi Design in the Netherlands. His studio specializes in cross-cultural...

  • Typographic Matchmaking in the City Book

    Special offer until 15th January 2011

    To order your copy now please go to http://www.khattbooks.com/ If you order the book before the 15th of January 2011, you will receive a discount from retail price €45 to €39. Books will ship out...

  • Amman Typeface

    Story of a font, designed by khtt member Yanone

    An interview with the designer is planned to appear in on Khtt.net as the first of the series Design Profiles as of Spring 2011 ... so stay tuned. http://amman-the-ffilm.com/main.php 21 minute...

  • Urbanization of Dubai

    earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/WorldOfChange/dubai.php interesting visualization to see and read about

  • 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...

  • TMM2.0—Work stages and Deadlines

    Meetings/Workshops/Design Stages

    The project is to start officially as of the 6th of February 2009, and to end by the 30th of September 2010. The following stages of the project are planned as follows:

  • TMM2.0—Project Brief

    For the first time in history the earth’s population is more urban than rural. This means that for most people on this planet, the city has become their natural habitat. When in this context we speak...

  • Bidoun : OBJECTS

    Special Double-Issue

    Issue 14 / Spring-Summer 2008 An interesting and eclectic issue of Bidoun was out last march during the Art Dubai event. Speaking of the theme of this issue, Lisa Farjam Editor of Bidoun, says that...

  • Arabesque Latin Font in Mainstream Publishing

    The Alef Pixel Caps, new drop cap initials for a hip Middle East lifestyle magazine

    A new visual trend is certainly emerging in mainstream media where the political agendas have been voiced in subtle ways through playful everyday objects and stories. Alef magazine is attempting to...
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