ARABIC AND ISLAMIC TYPOGRAPHY
Examples of Arabic Font and Type Design by Mamoun Sakkal
List of Sakkal Design Arabic typefaces
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Al-Futtaim Custom Typeface A font especilly designed for legiblity |
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Sakkal Kufi Typeface Family Extended family of traditional Arabic Kufi fonts |
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Arabic TypeSetting
Typeface A Naskh font designed for Microsoft Windows. |
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Sakkal Majalla Typeface Super-Family |
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Arabtek Typeface Arabic font compatible with Teknik Latin |
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Sakkal Maya Typeface
Arabic font based on Estern Kufi |
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Sakkal Baseet Typeface A bold display font of monumental proportions |
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Sakkal Sameh Typeface A simple, geometric Arabic font |
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Hasan
Alquds Typeface A display font with a fun, youthful attitude |
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Sakkal Seta Typeface A soft version of Sakkal Maya font |
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MS Uighur Typeface Designed for Microsoft Corporation |
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Sakkal Shilia Typeface A modern Arabic font based on Kufi |
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Bustan Typeface A versatile display font with alternates |
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Lablab Typeface A fun and youthful display font |
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AwanZaman Typeface A dual-script versatile typeface |
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Sakkal Kitab Typeface A fine traditional Naskh for books |
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TDC2 2004: Type Directors Club Type Design Competition 2004, New York. |
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Linotype's 1st Arabic Type Design Competition 2005. | ||
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OpenType for Fine Arabic
Typography A presentation by Mamoun Sakkal at ATypI Conference: Between Text & Reader. Vancouver, BC, 2003. |
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TDC2 2003: Type Directors Club Type Design Competition 2003, New York. | ||
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Compatibility between Arabic and Latin publications. Paper given at Conference on Bilingual Computing, University of Cambridge, 1990. |  |
What did OpenType open for Arabic typography? Presentation by Mamoun Sakkal at Non–Latin typeface design conference, London, 2007. |
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"Writing Backwards: Designing Arabic Typefaces." A public presentation at CreativeMornings Seattle, 2013 |
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Interview with Stuart Tayler, mostely about the relationship between calligraphy and typogrpahy, and Arabic and Latin. |
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"Arabic Fonts VOLT Issues"." A private presentation at Microsoft VOLT Day, Redmond, 2005 |
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Intricate OT in Arabic. A private presentation at Microsoft Studio H Typography & Design event, 2014. |
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"Sakkal on Justification." A private presentation at Adobe Systems, San Jose, CA, and Seattle, WA, 2010 |
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Arabic Justification Examples. Examples of auto justification of Arabic text and a variety of fonts and applications, 2015. |
Updated 07/14/2021
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