Talking about Arabic /

Talking about Arabic / by Mourad Boutros et al. - 1st ed. - New York, NY : Mark Batty Publisher, c2009. - 79 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 28 cm.

Current Arabic Design Thinking -- Designing in Arabic; Nuances and Holy Influences -- Teaching Arabic Type Design in a Global Context -- Multilingual Web Design -- SPIP Case Study -- Five Decades of Influencing Arabic Typography -- Monotype Imaging -- Tanseek -- Compugraphic -- Glyph Systems -- Letraset -- The Boutros Group -- Grapheast -- Urw -- Diwan (Apple), Quick Draw -- Microsoft -- Winsoft & Decotype -- Gallery -- Alba Japan -- Ad-Diplomasi -- Laha Magazine Case Study -- Fluid Design: Arabic Portfolio -- Badr Al-Islami. Pt. I. Pt. II. Pt. III.

"Mourad Boutros, author of Arabic for Designers, enlists his professional peers to examine the global context for Arabic design and typography. The thematic thread that runs through every article, case study and illustration is how technological advances have furthered, and changed, the use of Arabic throughout the world, whether it is printed or found online. Detailed accounts of how advances in font technology have permitted digitized Arabic to accurately represent the Arabic calligraphic tradition provides a discourse for non-Arabic speakers to consider the language s cultural, religious and aesthetic issues in a 21st century context."--BOOK JACKET.

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Arabic type.
Calligraphy, Arabic.
Graphic design (Typography)--Arab countries.
Graphic arts--Arab countries.

Z251.A6 / T34 2009

741.609174927