I’m happy to say that Linotype yesterday released an exciting new typeface, Arian, designed by Naghi Naghachian. Arian is a contemporary design suited for a multitude of applications. It has a great rhythm, and the color of the text is just great! It’s proportions are wide but the text still holds very well together. We’ve included Eurostile Next as the Latin companion. You can read more about Arian and its designer here.
ps. The title is of course “The Onion”-like. Linotype releases typefaces from many sources. In recent years we’ve had:
- 2007: Arabic Type Design Contest winners and contestants: Midan, Isra, Insan, Sultan Nahia, Sultan Free, Hakim Ghazali, and Firas.
- 2008: Frutiger Arabic, Palatino Arabic, Janna, Koufiya, and Badiya
- 2009: Frutiger Arabic Condensed, and Neue Helvetica Arabic
- 2010: Arian and counting…