Congratulations.

BTW, wasn't there an[other] Arabic for Univers designed a few years ago? I remember seeing it in Eye (or maybe Print) magazine.

hhp

Congratulations, Mamoun.

The idea of multiple non-Latin companion designs for the same Latin typeface is something that has interested me ever since I designed new Greek and Cyrillic companions for Helvetica. It seems to me that each companion design harmonises with different aspects of the Latin, and this is possible because only within a single script is it possible to harmonise all aspects.

Thanks John.

You are right, different Arabic companions to Latin typefaces focus on certain aspects of compatibility and thus may be useful in certain settings or for different applications.

The same is true about multiple Latin companions to Arabic typefaces. I have used Shilia successfully with Univers, Helvetica, and in the case of Burj Khalifa with Foundry Sans.

John, that is indeed an interesting -and essentially valid- point. However when you look at delivering long text things get much narrower and some tight ideals can -and need to- be aimed for.

hhp