Event:

Arabic Type Design for Beginners, an Illustrated Guidebook

Book Launch At Design Days Dubai 2013

18 Mar 2013
  • 20:30 -21:00
  • DOWNTOWN DESIGN
  • DUBAI DESIGN DISTRICT (d3), BUILDING 7, OFFICE 403A – 4TH FLOOR , PO BOX 72645 Dubai

Presentation and book launch at Studio, Design Days Dubai

Edited by Huda Smitshuijzen-AbiFarès
Authors: Huda Smitshuijzen-AbiFarès, Khajag Apelian, Lara Assouad-Khoury, Majid Al-Yousef, Yara Khoury-Nammour, Kristyan Sarkis, Wissam Shawkat, and Pascal Zoghbi.
Published by Khatt Books (Amsterdam) and Tashkeel (Dubai). 2013.
Language: Arabic and English. Soft cover. Size: 17 x 24 cm. 240 pages.
Book Design: Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès. Printed in the Netherlands by Lenoir Schuring.

Soon available on www.khattbooks.com

ATDB_BK_COVER - Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès

With:
Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès, Lara Assouad, Yara Khoury Nammour, Pascal Zoghbi, Kristyan Sarkis, KhaJag Apelian, Wissam Shawkat

A highly illustrated bilingual guidebook on Arabic type design as taught in a series of workshops organized by the Khatt Foundation and hosted by Tashkeel, in 2011 and 2012. It presents step-by-step instructions on the design principles and tools of Arabic type design, with detailed tutorials by some of the most renown specialists in the field of contemporary Arabic type design. In addition, it showcases the creative process through case studies of the fonts produced during these workshops. These fonts are presented as sources of inspiration for new and experimental Arabic typefaces.

Admission: Entry fee to the fair applies during opening hours (AED 50/-). Admission Free to students.
For more information: http://www.designdaysdubai.ae/programme/public-programme/