font_foundry: Eyad Al-Samman

Yusyad

Yusyad font

The typeface Yusyad is designed mainly for a very sentimental and emotional reason. Metaphorically, it is a modest artistic gift offered virtually from the designer to one of his beloved and cherished persons in...

Danah

Danah font

“Danah” is the first name of a very close and cherished classmate, friend, and peer. Danah is a Palestinian woman who used to study with me in the same university where I was honorably...

Awwam

Awwam font

Awwam refers to the region of Awwam which is now thought by most scholars to be Ma’rib or the famous temple of Awwam otherwise known as Mahram Bilqis. The Awwam temple—Arabic Haram Bilqis or...

Matwin

Matwin font

The idea behind designing ‘Matwin’ font was related to the youngest children of the designer namely the M-A fraternal twin. The name of the typeface (i.e., Matwin or M-A-Twin) was composed by merging three...

Thwaites

Thwaites font

‘Thwaites’ typeface is fully dedicated to one of my best Canadian friends who I do cherish and value highly. This great and industrious Canadian friend is ‘James Douglas Thwaites’ who lives along with his...

Ghibli

Ghibli font

The word ‘Ghibli’ per se refers to a Saharan hot and dry wind commonly known as the Sirocco. In Arabic language, ‘Ghibli’ is known as ‘Qibli or Kibli’, meaning ‘Southern’ for those Arabic nations...

Castile

Castile font

Castile is a central region of Spain that formed the core of the Kingdom of Castile, under which Spain was united in the 15th and 16th centuries. “Castile” is a Kufic modern Arabic typeface....

Nasser

Nasser font

“Nasser” is a Kufic modern Arabic typeface. It is suitable for books’ covers, advertisement light boards, and titles in magazines and newspapers. It is very distinctive when used in black and white printout. It...

Samman

Samman font

“Samman” is a Kufic simple Arabic typeface. It can be used to decorate public signs in streets, airports, hospitals, schools, malls, hotels, mosques, and other public places. My family’s surname is “Samman” which stands...

Zawiya

Zawiya font

The word Zawiya in Arabic language means Angle in English language. “Zawiya” is a Kufic modern square-shaped Arabic typeface. The typeface has only right-angled angles which makes it full of open and closed squares...