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  • Ali E. Nourbakhsh

    . . . . - Education American InterContinental University 2005 - 2006 BFA - Visual Communications . Digital Design American University in Dubai 1998 - 2004 Dubai, UAE BFA...
  • Aesthetics
  • convention
  • products
  • legibility
  • cross cultural
  • tools
  • identity
  • passion
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  • Technology

  • The Typographic Matchmaking Project: Developing…

    Willem Velthoven interviewing the Typographic Matchmaking Type Designers: Nadine Chahine, Gerard Unger, Tarek Atrissi, Peter Bilak, Pascal Zoghbi, Lucas de Groot, and Lara Assouad Khoury.
  • Book 1 Aug 2007

    Typographic Matchmaking

    This book is now available for ordering online from Nijhof & Lee and BIS Publishers.

    As the world moves forward towards a more international (design) society, the need for fonts that can support multi-scripts becomes imperative. Technology is now capable of supporting many scripts on...
  • conference program

    Khatt Kufi Kaffiya, the printable symposium…

    Lectures are described in detail with timings and links to the speakers' biographies.

    The symposium program has been evolving and includes topics of every aspect of contemporary Arabic visual culture and identity, going beyond the stereotypes of what is associated with Arabic culture...
  • Emirates Palace Auditoriu, Abu Dhabi Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFares

    Arts of Islam Symposium Program

    The Symposium held in association with the exhibition The Arts of Islam: Treasures from the Nasser D. Khalili Collection. Master of Ceremonies: H.E. Zaki Anwar Nusseibeh, Vice Chairman of ADACH and...

  • Khatt projects

    We live to work!

    Here is an overview of our projects past, present and future.

  • Mediamatic Post CS

    Office and exhibition space 2004 - 2008

    Mediamatic moved into Post CS in 2004. We moved out in July 2008.
  • Khatt Font Project Huda Smitshuijzen Abifares

    The Typographic Matchmaking 01 project

    Building cultural bridges with typeface design

    10 Arab and Dutch designers collaborate on designing Arabic companions for Dutch fonts
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    The Typographic Matchmaking 01 project

    Building cultural bridges with typeface design

    10 Arab and Dutch designers collaborate on designing Arabic companions for Dutch fonts
  • Book Edo Smitshuijzen 1 Jan 2008

    Arabic Type Specimen Book

    Finally, there will be an overview of Arabic type on the market.
  • Book: Edo Smitshuijzen

    Arabic Font Specimen Book

    The Arabic Font Specimen book is finally published and available! Good news for all of you who have been patiently waiting. To order your copy or browse through the book visit Khatt Books site or...

  • Typographic Matchmaking Pilot Project

  • Fresco Arabic: western Latin meets western Kufi.

    New Arabic companion to the Fresco font family

    This project is a collaboration between the renown Ducth type designer, Fred Smeijers, and the Arab type designer Lara Assouad-Khoury

  • The Arts of Islam

    Treasures from the Nasser D. Khalili Collection

    Exhibition and Symposium at the Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

  • Symposium Program

    Khatt Kufi Kaffiya | Symposium on Arabic Visual Culture

    We'll have the whole day to ourselves in the theatre of the brand new public library of Amsterdam (OBA) Admission and registration is from 9 on and the programme starts at 10:00 sharp. We'll have...

  • Orientalia : Lead, Light and Letters

    Exhibition on Arabo-Dutch Type Design from the 17th-21st Century.

    A timely and positive way to promote cultural exchange and understanding between the West and the Arab world, and put the topic in broader historical and cultural context. This traveling exhibition

  • The Current Market for Arabic Fonts

    Recent Developments and Consumer Needs

    The Arabic type market has changed dramatically in the last few years, and this has been mainly inspired by recent technology developments, globalization and the growth of the Arab graphic design...

  • Exhibition: the Dutch influence on Arabic type

    Dutch designers' involvement in the production of Arabic printing types from the 17thC to present day

    A timely and positive way to promote cultural exchange and tolerance between the West and the Arab world.

  • Writing From The Margins

    Technological Narratives of Arabic Typography

    Narratives of Arabic typography shift between technological exclusion, historical resistance, and cultural rediscovery. From negotiations surrounding the display of Arabic script by Internet browsers

  • BigVesta Arabic: legibility in monumental…

    New Arabic companion to the BigVesta font family

    This project is a collaboration between the renown Dutch type designer, Gerard Unger, and the renown Arab type designer Nadine Chahine.

  • International Design Forum, in Dubai

    Moutamarat's first annual design forum in Dubai.

    Dubai. May 27 - 29, 2007. Promoting design as a critical tool for cultural understanding and commercial excellence.

  • Another Arabic Cliche Exhibition

    The Spirit & Life exhibition, Masterpieces of Islamic Art from the Aga Khan Museum Collection

    Location: Ismaili Centre, London. Until 31 August 2007. The Khatt Foundation is not alone in its strife to present a better image of Arab culture to western audiences. Many organizations see the need...

  • Arabic Calligraphy Workshop 3.0

    charm techniques

    Following the success of the first and the second workshops, we are aiming to delve further into the possible re-integration of Arabic Calligraphy in our cultural identity. We are pleased to announce...

  • Grand Café Mediterranée

    Cultural event endorsed by the Khatt Foundation

    A surprising programme on cultural exchange with the Middle East and North Africa. Here's an Impression of the event to watch on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjhsWlFBUKM&...

  • FontShop chooses a Khatt Foundation font as its…

    Typographic Matchmaking V1.0, implemented in the mainstream international type market

    The former Sada Font designed and developed by Pascasl Zoghbi and Martin Majoor within the framework of the Khatt Foundation's Typographic Matchmaking v1.0, has been recently released by FontShop...

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