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  • Edo Smitshuijzen

    Graphic and product designer and design writer.

    Studied graphic design at the IVKNO, now called the Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam. Started as a freelance designer working for a large Dutch publishing house. Joined later (1977) a small design...

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  • Seasons Greetings Edo Smitshuijzen, Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès 26 Dec 2022

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    /// يا نجمة الصبح شعّي، ونوّري عقلني وبصرنا /// Oh morning star, shine and enlighten our minds and vision /// May 2023 be a brighter and enlightened year that brings us peace and mindfulness.

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    May you rise to a soaring New Year 2019_تصبحون على سنة جديدة محلّقة

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    Mashrabiya Fonts Book

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    Proportions-modern-multiscript-fonts

    Making similar letter proportions is an essential ingredient for designing single style multi-script fonts in one font style. Just like a chair and a table must share proportions to function well...

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    Left to right, the transformation from calligraphic type to text type in Arabic. The differences in letter proportions to make the transformation are: reduction space for ascenders and descenders

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    The space given to ascenders and descenders in relation to the x-height. Right to left, the ‘modern’ Helvetica, next, the classical Garamond and the calligraphic Zapfino. Fonts that give as little as...

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    The-exceptional-capitals

    On top, the 5 letters of the Roman ‘Trajan’ that have clearly different proportions than practically all of todays fonts. The Helvetica -right under the Trajan- attempts to give equal proportions to...

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    Trajan-Helvetica-Capital-letters

    Left, the Roman stone-cut ‘Trajan’ capital letters were the state corporate font for five hundred years during the reign of the Roman empire and stood model for the Latin uppercase letters. The...

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    Comb-text-Carolin-Mins-Naskh

    From top to bottom: the Textura Quadrata, the Carolingian Minuscule and a Naskh script. The two on top stood model for the lowercase letters in Latin type. The Naskh style is much used but in Arabic...

  • Image: Edo Smitshuijzen 18 Nov 2014

    Arabic poem Mostafa 3.2a

  • Image: Edo Smitshuijzen 17 Dec 2014

    Season's Greetings: New Year 2015

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    Cover image of a new upcoming book by Edo Smitshuijzen. 3D font on the cover designed by Edo Smitshuijzen. Soon available for ordering from http://www.khattbooks.com

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