Hermann Zapf, the designer behind popular typefaces such as Palatino and Optima, was born in Nuremberg, Germany, almost 100 years ago. The typeface that bears his name, Zapfino, is in many ways his ...

If one were to speak in very broad terms, Arabic typefaces today are based either on Naskh or on Kufi styles. The transition from calligraphic forms to typographic ones has been an unhappy affair, ...

Dubai “There aren’t enough Arabic typefaces,” said typographer Tarek Atrissi. It wasn’t so much an observation as it was a declaration. One that blatantly shouts out — there is high demand for Arabic ...

The tallest building in the world is, by definition, quite visible. So it makes some sense that the creators of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai were fastidious about the look of the tower—right down to the ...

Beirut-born type designer Nadine Chahine has commissioned a typeface from contributors including Erik Spiekermann and Mamoun Sakkal to raise funds for victims of the devastating explosion in Beirut.