Articles

• Tanseek Modern
  24 March 2010, by George Kandalaft
  Family pack (one license only): £480.00 Designers: Boutros Fonts / Dave Farey, Arlette Boutros, Richard Dawson, Mourad Boutros The Tanseek family was first conceived as an Arabic style of four weights. The next stage was the development of a companion Latin family of fonts, to be visually compatible with the Arabic style, which previously had never been attempted, let alone successfully achieved. The already critically acclaimed Tanseek font family is now complete with launch of the (…)
• Our Arabic typography
  18 July, by George Kandalaft
  Arlette Haddad-Boutros stands as a pioneering force in Arabic type design, widely recognised as one of the most influential figures in shaping contemporary visual culture across the Arab world and beyond. As a leading female voice in a traditionally under represented field, her work has defined generations of typographic practice, seamlessly bridging Arabic and Latin systems with both precision and elegance. With a career spanning more than four decades, Arlette has worked across the full (…)
• Boutros Almond
  16 October 2016
  Family Pack (one license only): £400.00 Designer: Boutros Fonts / Soulaf Khalifeh The objective behind Boutros Almond was to create a geometric typeface with humanistic features suitable for body text setting. Designed with minimal stroke contrast, letters carried the influence of the Naskh style of writing but applied to a modular structure. With large counters, the spacing between letters has been adjusted to create a consistent and even rhythm, enhancing the typeface’s readability at (…)