The Arabic Type Design Archive

Fereydoun Nematpour has been working as a graphic designer since 2005. He is currently working with Studio Plus, as a graphic designer.

Hirbod Lotfian is a graduate of the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Tehran, a Post-Master’s student in Type Design in France, and a member of the Iranian Graphic Designers Guild. Awards & Recognitions: Excellence in Typography Award – Type Directors Club, USA 2nd Place & Special Mention – Granshan 1st Prize & Silver Sarv (2019) and Honorable Mention (2013) – Iranian Graphic Designers Guild 1st Prize – Annual Book Design Art Competition

An Iranian graphic designer and type designer. He began his professional career in typeface design in 2012. Omid has designed and developed numerous fonts independently or in collaboration with various designers such as Reza Bakhtiari Fard, Mahdi Ershadi, and Kamyab Jafari. His works include fonts such as: Jam-e-Jam, Aramesh, Vazeh, Dabestan, Rey, Irancell, Aria, Mika, and Kamand. Omid has won numerous awards, including three Typography Excellence Awards from the TDC (2018, 2019, and 2021), second place and an honorary diploma from Granshan (2014 and 2017), and an honorary diploma from the Silver Cypress Festival in 2017.

Bahraini Calligraphy Artist & Graphic Designer, His portfolio extends to fields as diverse as Islamic art, font design & web development... Adobe Tools.

Born: 1981, Shiraz, Iran Education: BA in Painting, Yazd University, 2010 MA in Visual Communication, Soore University, Tehran, 2013 Experience: Graphic Designer and Art Director, 2003 - present

Protype is an independent type foundry and a place to explore beautifully typefaces that are made with love.

Latinotype is a Chilean digital type foundry founded in 2007 that designs and distributes high-quality fonts inspired by Latin American culture and global influences. They have a large library of fonts, are considered a leading type company globally, and offer custom font services.

Colophon Foundry is an award-winning international type foundry, based in London and Los Angeles, that designs and publishes high-quality retail and custom typefaces. The foundry is known for creating both historically-rooted and contemporary fonts, and for its custom work with major brands like Burger King and Cadillac.

Lettersoup is an independent type foundry based in Berlin, Germany. It was founded by Botio Nikoltchev in 2014. The main focus of lettersoup is cooking fonts with Latin, Cyrillic, Greek and Arabic taste.

TNTypography in Paris, and specializes in Arabic typeface design, typography and custom type. A 2006 graduate in the Master of Arts Typeface Design programme at the Department of Typography and Visual Communication, University of Reading, he also studied Arabic script at the École Supérier d'Art et de Design d'Amiens, France. Titus holds a PhD in Typography & Graphic Communication from the University of Reading, UK.