Univers Next Arabic and The Guardian

Today is big: my Univers Next Arabic is released, and there’s a feature about me in the Guardian.

Univers Next Arabic is everything that I’ve wanted to design. It has the modernity of a low-contrast typeface, the cleanliness and strength of curves, and an overall look thatREAD MORE

Arabic webfonts now available

Today is very special for anyone wanting to read in Arabic online. The choice of fonts available to set Arabic online has dramatically increased overnight. Yesterday we had a handful, today we have more than ten times as many. How? Monotype Imaging has launched itsREAD MORE

An afternoon with Hermann Zapf

A while ago I had the great opportunity to visit, with 2 colleagues from Linotype, Prof. Hermann Zapf and his most lovely and talented wife Gudrun Zapf-von-Hesse in their house in Darmstadt. As with every other visit, the Zapfs were the most congenial of hosts.READ MORE