Considering there has been a shortage of visually attractive Arabic fonts, many type designers are looking to change that.
Bringing Arabic typography into the digital age, these designers are definitely carving the way for custom-made beautiful Arabic fonts.
Drawing Arabic letters for a living, Chahine has been creatively changing Arabic typography for years now. Recognized as Fast Company's Most Creative People 2012 winner, Chahine is actively looking to adopt Western fonts for an Arabic-speaking audience.
She created the Arabic version of Neue Helvetica and Zapfino too.
Pascal Zoghbi
Having founded 29Letters in 2006, Zoghbi has an undying passion for typography, teaching in schools all across Lebanon. He co-authored and edited the "Arabic Grafitti" book in 2010 and was one of the 10 finalists for the Jameel Prize 3 in 2014.
Assouad’s display explores her work with modular Arabic typography, which she has been working on since 2009. She has always had a knack for “ stripping back ” Arabic letters in an attempt to reach the underlying geometric structure. She does this by researching calligraphic styles from old manuscripts and abstracts their letters while retaining the basic geometric shape.
Sarkis is a graphic and type designer specializing in Arabic typography. Having co-founded TPTQ Arabic, a custom-tailored typography solution, Sarkis aims to explore innovative solutions to contemporary challenges, especially the possibilities of Arabic type development.
Founder of Arabic Typography, an independent type foundry designing and distributing Arabic digital fonts, Atrissi has gained an international reputation for his graphic work and has received numerous awards throughout his career.