ARABIC AND ISLAMIC TYPOGRAPHY
Examples of Arabic Type Design by Mamoun Sakkal
SAKKAL DESIGN ARABIC TYPEFACES LIST
Typeface Name |
Year |
Latin Compatibility |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Sakkal Maya | 1991 | Previously licensed to Winsoft | |
Sakkal Seta | 1992 | Previously licensed to Winsoft | |
Sakkal Sameh | 1992 | Not released | |
Nadeem Swash | 1994 | Revision of existing font used to typeset poetry book | |
AlFuttaim | 1998 | Compatible with AlFuttaim Latin | Programming by Thomas Milo, exclusive to AlFuttaim |
Sakkal Kafi | 1999-2011 | Not released | |
Arabtek | 2000 | Compatible with Teknik Latin | Not released |
Arabic Typesetting | 2002 | Latin by John Hudson | With Paul Nelson, exclusive to Microsoft |
Microsoft Uighur | 2002 | Latin by John Hudson | Exclusive to Microsoft |
Sakkal Baseet | 2003 | Not released | |
Microsoft Uighur Bold | 2004 | Latin by John Hudson | Exclusive to Microsoft |
Sakkal Majalla | 2004 | Latin by Steve Matteson | 2 weights licensed to Microsoft |
Hasan Alquds | 2005 | With Hasan Abu Afash | |
Burj Dubai Shilia | 2006 | Compatible with Foundry Sans Latin | Exclusive to Emaar Properties |
BD Armani Shilia Thin | 2006 | Compatible with Univers Thin | Exclusive to Armani |
Letter Gothic Arabic | 2006 | Compatible with Letter Gothic Latin | Exclusive to Bitstream |
Sakkal Ghajar | 2006 | Not released | |
Lablab | 2007 | Compatible with Convection Latin | 2 weights licensed to Microsoft XBox. 6 weights Released through sakkal.com and ilovetypography.com in 2021 |
Sakkal Shadeed | 2007 | Not released | |
Awan Newspaper | 2007 | Compatible with Univers | Exclusive to Awan Newspaper, Kuwait |
Jawal | 2008 | Licensed to Bitstream. Not released | |
Zaman | 2009 | Released as part of AwanZaman (see below) | |
Bitstream Mobile Arabic | 2009 | Exclusive to Bitstream | |
Sakkal Saad | 2010 | Not released | |
Sakkal Majallatan | 2010 | A more cursive version of Sakkal Majalla. Not released | |
Sakkal Deema | 2011 | Not released | |
Arial Arabic | 2011 | Compatible with Arial Latin | Re-design for Microsoft. Not released |
Traditional Arabic enhancements | 2011 | Exclusive to Microsoft | |
Simplified Arabic enhancements | 2011 | Exclusive to Microsoft | |
Urdu Typesetting enhancements | 2011 | Exclusive to Microsoft | |
Shilia | 2011 | Compatible with Univers Latin | Released by Linotype with Univers Latin |
Sakkal Majalla Tali | 2012 | An updated version of Sakkal Majalla. Not released | |
Mohanad | 2013 | Re-design, commissioned by Microsoft Saudi Arabia | |
Bustan | 2014 | Design by Jamal Bustan, development by Sakkal Design | |
AwanZaman | 2014 | Latin by Juliet Shen | Released by TypeTogether in 2016 |
Simplified Arabic enhancements | 2014 | Expansion and enhancements. Exclusive to Microsoft | |
Sakkal Majalla expansion | 2014 | 2 weights licensed to Microsoft | |
Sakkal Wadi | 2015 | Modern Naskh font for screen. 5 weights. Not released | |
Sakkal Kitab | 2015 | Printing Naskh font. 5 weights. | |
Calibri Arabic | 2015 | 3 weights. Ecxlusive to Microsoft, released 2016 | |
Bayan Madina Swashes | 2016 | Exclusive design. 1 weight. | |
Sakkal Majalla Thaana | 2016 | Exclusive to Microsoft | |
Shilia Condensed | 2017 | 8 weights condensed and 5 weights compressed released by Linotype with Univers Latin | |
Sakkal Kitab for Kindle | 2017 | 2 weights licensed to Amazon Kindle reader | |
Sakkal Mohanad III | 2019 | Updated version of 2014 fonts. Not released | |
Sakkal Kitab | 2021 | 5 weights released through sakkal.com and ilovetypography.com | |
Sakkal Kitab Urdu | 2022 | 5 weights. Not Released | |
Updated 08/11/2022
© SAKKAL DESIGN. Updated 11/20/2016