Typographic matchmaking 01
10 Arab and Dutch designers collaborate on designing Arabic companions for Dutch fonts
Warning: Recently semi-nude images from an art project have been placed on the site mentioned in this post. Although the site has this, it is overall a great site for typography/calligraphy. This message may be removed if images are withdrawn.
The Typographic Matchmaking project was initiated by the Khatt Foundation (Amsterdam), in April 2005. The Khatt Foundation selected and invited five renown Dutch designers and matched each one of them with an established and upcoming Arab designer. The aim was to facilitate a collaboration bewteen the Dutch and Arab designers in order to design Arabic typefaces that match and can become part of the font family of one of the Dutch designers’ existing font families. The main thrust of the project is to address the modernisation of Arabic text faces that can provide design solutions for legible Arabic fonts that answer the contemporary design needs in the Arab world (namely for publications and new digital media applications).
more: khatt foundation
Warning: Recently semi-nude images from an art project have been placed on the site mentioned in this post. Although the site has this, it is overall a great site for typography/calligraphy. This message may be removed if images are withdrawn.
The Typographic Matchmaking project was initiated by the Khatt Foundation (Amsterdam), in April 2005. The Khatt Foundation selected and invited five renown Dutch designers and matched each one of them with an established and upcoming Arab designer. The aim was to facilitate a collaboration bewteen the Dutch and Arab designers in order to design Arabic typefaces that match and can become part of the font family of one of the Dutch designers’ existing font families. The main thrust of the project is to address the modernisation of Arabic text faces that can provide design solutions for legible Arabic fonts that answer the contemporary design needs in the Arab world (namely for publications and new digital media applications).
more: khatt foundation
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