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  • 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...
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  • The Arts of Islam

    Treasures from the Nasser D. Khalili Collection

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

  • 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.

  • 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...
  • 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...

  • Khatt projects

    We live to work!

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

  • 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...
  • 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...
  • project:

    The Typographic Matchmaking 01 project

    Building cultural bridges with typeface design

    10 Arab and Dutch designers collaborate on designing Arabic companions for Dutch fonts
  • 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

  • Mediamatic Post CS

    Kantoor en tentoonstellingsruimte 2004 - 2008

    Mediamatic verhuisde in 2004 naar Post CS. In juli 2008 vertrokken we naar Duintjer CS.

  • Tentoonstellingen

  • 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...

  • 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

  • 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&...

  • 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.
  • book: eps51

    Arabesque

    Graphic Design from the Arab World and Persia

    Authors: Ben Wittner, Sascha Thoma, Nicolas Bourquin Release: April 2008 Available Soon! Price: € 44,00 / $ 65,00 / £ 33,00 Format: 24 x 28 cm Binding: 192 pages, full colour, hardcover, incl. CD
  • Article Huda Smitshuijzen Abifares

    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.

  • 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...

  • In defence of a remarkable exhibition

    The Spirit & Life exhibition

    It was rather surprising to find the Spirit & Life exhibition in London dismissed on the Khatt site as just "another Arabic cliché exhibition". In the first place it is not, and nowhere claims to be

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  • 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

  • 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

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