Lebanon wakes up to a new day

A new day, ونهار جديدة

I had the privelage to be asked to design the headline typeface for the redesign of An-Nahar newspaper and to develop its Arabic typographic suite. This is a project beyond anything I had ever worked on before. It touches on soREAD MORE

Setting up webfonts for my blog: signing up

So, today I finally joined the webfont rush and will be adding a few nice fonts to my blog’s typographic repertoire. I’ve just done the first step, completed in less than 1 minute. I went to webfonts.fonts.com and signed up for an account. I thoughtREAD MORE

Palatino Sans Arabic wins award and Egypt is still on fire

Never before have I felt it so strongly, that design without a cultural purpose is headed to the dustbins of history. Surely design is meant for more than just ephemera?

Two weeks ago I was informed that my Palatino Sans Arabic has won a TDC awardREAD MORE