English typography, by contrast, was largely shaped by the printing press in the West, while Arabic letterforms evolved through lithography and scribal practices. The complexity and fluidity of Arabic ...

There are 28 letters in the Arabic alphabet. There are four possible written forms for each letter, depending on whether it stands alone, or occurs at the beginning, middle or end of a word. Then ...

Arabic script remains one of the most widely employed writing systems in the world, for Arabic and non-Arabic languages alike. Focusing on naskh, the style most commonly used across the Middle East, ...

A new breed of designers is refashioning classical Arabic fonts to combine beauty and readability for the digital era Cairo: There are 28 letters in the Arabic alphabet. There are four possible ...

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 ...