Sultan Maqtari

Sultan Mohammed Saeed Al-Maktari.
Born in Sheikh Othman, Aden, Yemen 1962.
Married and father of four children (Noha, Mona, Mohamed and Nada).
MA in Sociology 1992 from the Humanitarian Academy of Sciences - Moscow .
Worked as a teacher of philosophy at the Military college in Aden for the period from 1983 to 1988.
Researcher, calligrapher, typeface designer and a professional digital artist .
designed more than 50 Arabic typefaces which were published on the Internet for free as non-commercial experimental fonts.
The first to computerize the Old South Arabian Script (OSA] (Musnad) , for which received a certificate of recognition from Aden University.
Lectured several times on the Old South Arabian Script (OSA) (Musnad) and Arabic calligraphy.
In 2008 the proposal of the Old South Arabian Script (OSA) (Musnad) was approved by the international committee of American researchers and scientists that was submitted with the participation of Kamal Mansour (Monutayb) under the custody of California University, USA that was agreed to be included in the international standard code (Unicode).
Working on computerizing Ruq'ah handwriting.
Has many writings about the world of digital press.
Held training sessions in advertising and digital design in several institutes in Aden.
Participated in the first conference for Arabic calligraphy and typography in Dubai in 2006.
In the 2006 Linotype GmbH-sponsored Arabic Type Design competition:
His font Sultan Free won the 1st prize in the Text category. Sultan Free is an open, dynamic design suitable for large displays but also as a text face
His font Sultan Nahia Won the 2nd Prize in the Display category; that font is a bold, geometric design well-suited to large advertising displays.
Carried out several interviews with Yemeni newspapers, magazines and talk shows about Musnad, designing and developing the Arabic typography.
A lot of his fonts are used by all those dealing with Arabic fonts, either by buying licenses or downloading the experimental free ones for personal testing.