This association between Arabic scripts and particular kinds of texts is an interesting one. It is not so dissimilar from the early years of printing with Latin types, when certain writing hands and ...
Shaqa Bovand is a type designer who works at F37 Foundry. Born and raised in Iran, she grew up surrounded by calligraphy – ...
As calligraphy undergoes a 21st-century renaissance, devotees are putting in the time to learn the ancient kufic art. Kufic calligraphy students learn their first letters of the ancient script at the ...
Could Good Type Design Promote Literacy In The Middle East? Nadine Chahine talks about her PhD work using eye-tracking to test how children read Arabic script. The research could lead to new insights ...