Inki Type created from Seria Arabic type, Ziad Rawas, LAU Beirut, Fall 2009.ĭantelle Type created from Seria Arabic type, Sarah El-Nahhal, LAU Beirut, Fall 2009. Inki font was originated by Seria Arabic. Each letter is unique with its strokes and thickness.

This font was made entirely by a simple blowing straw and a bottle of black ink without any use of brushes or black markers. Inki is a handmade font made out of natural ink strokes, blown manually by month through a blowing straw. Inki Type Poster, Ziad Rawas, LAU Beirut, Fall 2009. Place all letters on their baseline on a grid with x-height, ascender line, descender line and try to level them so that they fit proportionally on the grid in a uniform manner.īellow for some of the fonts created in the workshop.Įach student wrote his/her own text about the fonts presented. It is very important that all letters are equal in reference to their presence on the page. All the letters should be harmonious and proportional in look and weight.

Phase 4: Finalizing the whole Latin and ArabicĪfter experimenting with the words and finalizing the design approach to the letters, all the remaining letters in the Arabic and the Latin set should be created. Start writing the words using your created experimental type. Phase 3: Creating Arabic and Latin words from the experimentations done.Ĭhoose an Arabic and English word based on the topic you chose. Phase 2: Letters Mutation, Creation of hybrid ornamental/structured typeĪfter tracing the letters and selecting the graphic elements from your mood board, start experimenting with the possibility of merging the outlines of the letters with the graphical elements. Experiment with different media and styles (pictures, drawings, illustrations, print, rubbing…) Create a collages on an A1 board in which you will express visually everything that relates and conveys your theme. Study their application in design, and understand their strength and weakness.Ĭreate a mood board based on a certain topic. Each letter should be traced within a 10×10 cm size. Research and analyse the outlines of the letters by tracing them. The students were handed the outlines of Seria Arabic and Fedra Arabic.Īfter I gave a lecture about type anatomy and the type design process, each student was asked to apply the following 4 phases: Students in the Advanced Typography course at the Lebanese American University were asked to experiment with textures/patterns and try to apply them on existing bi-script Arabic/Latin fonts in-order to create their own experimental fonts. Arabic Letter “Yeh” of Seria Arabic type drawn with coffee, ink and dantelle pattern.

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