Diatype Arabic
Diatype Arabic
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About Diatype Arabic
About this typeface
Info
Diatype is a warm yet sharp grotesque ideal for text and reading on screen. Its name refers to the clunky, pre-digital typesetting machines that informed its shapes as well as the Swiss Neo-grotesque genre at large.
As its designers, Wael Morcos, Khajag Apelian, and Lana Abou Soufeh, said: “The key to our Arabic extension design was to draw the Arabic in a way that aligns with the inherent softness and fluidity of Arabic calligraphy. For example, the letter meem and all the loop based letters feature a seamless round shape that mirrors the softness present in the Latin. The ligatures, too, embody a rhythm that is both structured and fluid, maintaining a delicate balance between straight lines and smooth transitions. This synthesis allowed us to retain the warmth and approachability of Diatype while honoring the rich traditions of Arabic calligraphy.”
Credits
Latin Design: Dinamo (Johannes Breyer & Fabian Harb with Elias Hanzer, Andree Paat, Đức Cao [Vietnamese])
Arabic Design: Wael Morcos (Morcos Key), Khajag Apelian (Debakir), Lana Abou Soufeh
Multiscript Art Direction: Dinamo (Ethan Cohen)
Production: Dinamo (Hugo Jourdan)
Latin Spacing and Kerning: Igino Marini
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Supported Languages
Afrikaans, Albanian, Basque, Bemba, Bosnian, Breton, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Esperanto, Estonian, Faroese, Filipino, Finnish, French, Frisian, Friulian, Gaelic, Galician, German, Greenlandic, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Kinyarwanda, Latin, Latvian, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Malay, Maltese, Montenegrin, Māori, Norwegian, Occitan, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Romansh, Inari Sami, Lule Sami, Northern Sami, Southern Sami, Serbian (Latin), Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Turkish, Welsh and more
Arabic, Persian, Urdu, English