Mamoun Sakkal established Sakkal Design in 1982 and has focused on Arabic typography and calligraphy since the. I wanted a true Arabic font, not the usual Arabic style font selection that you can find on all font sites and I hardly found a place where a large number of them can be found. Released Arabic typefaces include Arabic Typesetting, Awan, Bitstream Mobile Font, Burj Dubai Shilia, Bustan, Lablab, Microsoft Uighur, Sakkal Majalla, Sakkal Maya, Sakkal Seta, and Shilia. I never thought searching for Arabic fonts could be so complicated but it was. Even a YouTube sketch comedy video can land you in a maximum-security prison for nine months. Arabic fonts are beautiful but hard to find.
The government restricts freedom of speech and freedom of the press. I am pleased to present #DubaiFont to the world, a new digital way to #ExpressYou /lQcfnBnl7Oīut, as The New York Times points out, there are boundaries and limits for expression in Dubai, and in the rest of the United Arab Emirates as a whole. The prince concludes his tweet with the hashtag #ExpressYou. Its fluid geometry makes it the perfect choice to use in both print and web applications, and alongside other. It defines who you are," the video states. Tajawal is a distinctive low contrast Arabic and sans serif Latin typeface family in 7 weights was created and designed by Boutros following a modern geometric style while still respecting the calligraphy rules of the Arabic script.
"Expression knows no boundaries or limits. Prince Hamdan also shared a video on Twitter touting the Dubai Font as a tool for self-expression. The Dubai Font, which combines Latin and Arabic texts, can be accessed globally through Microsoft Office 365.ĭubai's crown prince, Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, oversaw the project and is now ordering government agencies to use the new font in their official correspondence. It's not as flashy as having the world's tallest building, but the city of Dubai can now claim a new achievement - it's the first to create its own Microsoft font.