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Hacen: Amazing arabic type from unexpected places..

October 19th, 2006 Humeid

Creatives who mainly work in Arabic are frustrated with the lack of variety when it comes to Arabic fonts. Many ads end up looking the same. Type can be a great differentiator for a brand. It’s a tool that is underutilized in the Arab world.

But some young type designers are coming to the rescue.

360east has something to report:

..just a few days ago, Hussein Naser, my designer colleague at SYNTAX, sent me an email alerting me to the site of Mohamed Hacen.

I looked at the fonts Mohamed is creating and I was simply delighted! The man has several fonts on display, all of which are downloadable as trial-ware. Like the font after initial usage, then pay for it.

This is extremely courageous. Piracy has prevented investment in Arabic type. But while that’s true, the lack of initiative by designers is just as responsible for the dismal state of Arabic type. Now here’s someone who designed a bunch of VERY interesting modern Arab fonts and has put them out there in the open so that people can test them.

Here are some of the font:

Casablanca

Liner

Lebanon

Read more on 360east.

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