Arabic Type Design

We are happy to announce that besides our normal workshop, ATDB will travel to various cities offering different types of workshops. The first one is coming up soon! More details here: grafischwerkcentrumamsterdam.nl/agenda-gwa/ara…

At Arabic Type Design Beirut, we welcome diversity! Different cultures, backgrounds, and beliefs. This year's wonderful participants come from Lebanon, Sudan, Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Spain, France, Slovenia, Poland and Brazil/US.

Throwback to the first ATDB in 2016! ❤️ To watch the whole video → vimeo.com/199645609

Next is Malfouf by the talented Vanessa Diaz inspired by the lettering found on fruits and vegetables. A fresh and beautiful take on the early Arabic forms.

To know what to expect from ATDB, we will be sharing with you some of the results of ATDB 2017. - This is Daght, a crisp and funky Ruqaa based typeface for graphic novels and comic books. Designed by the very talented Sarah Saroufim.

Arabic Type Design Beirut is back this summer and the applications are officially open! This year it's a two-week intensive workshop followed by a mentorship program for a complete year. Stay tuned to know more! Apply and join us! arabictypedesign.com

Based on principles of the script, week 2 of ATDB kicks off with playing with a set of parameters to make Arabic lettering explorations.

3rd day into ATDB and we already have a crazy amount of information to deal with!

Here we go again! ATDB2017 kicks off with the privilege of having Master calligrapher Mr. Jazayeri to guide us through early arabic script!

4 days left to apply! More about what to expect from ATDB 2017 in this film: vimeo.com/199645609 Join us on another exciting adventure!

From script to type: the work of ATDB2016’s wonderful participants!

DEADLINE EXTENDED! Apply before May 9th and let's spend 6 weeks exploring and experimenting with Arabic type! ☞ arabictypedesign.com

3 more days left to apply & join the ATDB adventure! Details at arabictypedesign.com

We are happy to welcome @3azalam as a guest critic at ATDB this year!

He will be assisted by Dr. Mohammad Jazayeri. The brothers collaborate on the kuficpedia.org project.

We have the honor of welcoming Iranian Master calligrapher Vahid M. Jazayeri to lead the first week of ATDB17; learning the script!

To have a better idea what to expect from ATDB17, have a look at the ATDB16 participants' work. Really cool stuff! arabictypedesign.com/works

The 2nd edition of ATDB is here! Jul3rd-Aug11th Beirut. Applications are open! Visit ArabicTypeDesign.com to know more. Looking forward!

ATDB2016 in photos: Week 3. After the @glyphsapp workshop with Georg Seifert, the digital drawing and development of the typefaces began!

ATDB2016 in photos: Week 2. This week was spent sketching, drawing and consciously experimenting with the Arabic letterforms!