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 ...

Nadine Chahine is an award-winning type designer specializing in Arabic fonts. Since 2005 she has worked for Linotype combining design with sales and marketing, though as the company’s Arabic type ...

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 ...

WOBURN, Mass.-- (BUSINESS WIRE)--Nadine Chahine of Monotype Imaging Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: TYPE) was named today to Fast Company’s 2012 ranking of The 100 Most Creative People in Business. Chahine, ...

Design Week: What was the initial idea behind releasing a typeface for Dubai? Nadine Chahine: The Executive Council of Dubai approached Monotype to design a custom typeface with both Arabic and Latin ...

Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar (VCUarts Qatar), a Qatar Foundation partner university, recently hosted a talk and workshop by award-winning Arabic Type and Graphic ...

“Type doesn’t exist in a vacuum. It’s part of a continuum.” Sahar Afshar sits across from me in a café on Gipsy Hill in south London, one hand holding her still-steaming chai latte and the other on ...

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