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Two new Arabic projects of note
Posted by John Hudson in
10 May 2011 — 11:04am
10 May 2011 — 11:04am
Arabic Graffiti book by Pascal Zoghbi to be published this week.
‘Arabic calligraphy and type design’ article by Kristyan Sarkis published on Typotheque website, showing development of the Thuraya typeface.
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10 May 2011 — 12:40pm
The Graffiti book looks nice. But I don't get the cover at all...
Thuraya's baseline-shift trick is cool.
hhp
11 May 2011 — 4:49pm
Thuraya's baseline-shift trick is cool.
You mean the unitisation of the baseline shift, or the cursive attachment mechanism in general. The latter is not new, and has been implemented in other OT fonts, but the unitisation in Thuraya is interesting because unlike various historical forms of type unitisation it isn't a technical requirement or limitation but a positive feature of the design.
11 May 2011 — 5:22pm
I meant the discrete stair-stepping, which seems like an elegant simplification.
hhp
11 May 2011 — 6:45pm
Very interesting.
Yes 'stair-stepping' might be very convenient in design development.
11 May 2011 — 8:07pm
Kashida-free + stepping font that typesets uneven word + line spacings?!
http://70.32.105.174/node/81970