31.Dec.2011 Ending the year on a very high note!
Have to spill it out: I’m in Megg’s History of Graphic Design!!! I am sooo thrilled, excited, honored, and deeply humbled to be included in this book: “This is the unrivaled, comprehensive, and award-winning reference tool on graphic design recognized for publishing excellence by the Association of American Publishers. Now, this Fifth Edition of Meggs’ [...]
06.Nov.2011 To give a voice
This is the title of Linotype’s Fonts in Focus 9 which showcased the An-Nahar project from earlier this year. I am super happy with what Magma has designed and you should definitely check it out! You can get the printed version here.
05.Nov.2011 Arabic text for type specimens
I was looking yesterday at the specimens of some of the recent Arabic type design projects and was seriously disappointed with the choice of texts. Here are a few tips for non-Arabic speakers who are designing Arabic type specimens: – Online translation tools rarely give grammatically correct texts and the errors stick out like a [...]
01.Nov.2011 3 free Arabic fonts for my 33
I’m turning 33 next week on Tuesday and to celebrate I have asked Linotype if we could give away 3 of my Arabic fonts for free for the whole month of November, and they have accepted! Deciding on which ones to give out was not easy which was why I asked everyone to chime in [...]
29.May.2011 Arabic is IN
Politics, economics, globalized branding, and a burgeoning design scene have all contributed to these 3 words. Arabic is IN. Having already discussed this in several interviews, published and upcoming, I’m not going to go now into the details of how all these different factors have interacted to bring about this beam of international interest in [...]
29.Jan.2008 Helvetica DVD now available
In case you would like to get your own copy of the Helvetica movie, and I highly recommend this, you can get a copy here.