Boutros Fonts – Arabic Font Design Experts

«أبعاد أسماء االله الحسنى»... الخطّ العربي يُجمِّل الروح ويُهندس الواقع

الشرق الأوسط — 2024-09-04T10:32:33Z

يقدّم الفنان اللبناني البريطاني مراد بطرس، مجموعته الفنية «نقوش مقدّسة: أبعاد أسماء االله الحسنى»، التي توصف بالاستثنائية لتجاوزها حدود الخطّ التقليدي والتصميم الهندسي، وانفتاحها على الما وراء، مُحدثةً حواراً عميقاً بين المادي والروحي. ومراد بطرس خطّاط ومصمّم غرافيك، توجّه نحو الفنّ التجاري ليبدأ مسيرة مهنية في الخطّ العربي وتصميم الغرافيك. كُرِّم للمرّة الأولى عام ١٩٧٤، عندما فاز بالجائزة الأولى لأفضل إعلان إبداعي في لبنان ضمن مسابقة نظمتها صحيفة «لوريان لوجور» الناطقة باللغة الفرنسية. (…) - كلام في الخطوط / main, Arabic, emphasis

BEIRUTI Libre Font (Open-Source Font)

George Kandalaft — 2024-08-05T14:05:12Z

Beiruti is a distinctive modern Arabic typeface, available as a variable font with a weight axis with unlimited styles from Thin to Black. The design was created by BOUTROS to offer a modern geometric style while still respecting the rules of Arabic calligraphy. The fluid geometry makes it the perfect choice to use in both print and web applications, and alongside its harmonised and built-in Latin typeface companion. The font can be downloaded from fonts at Google - TypeTalk / emphasis, Arabic Text Fonts | Modern

What's Your Type?

Soulaf Khalifeh — 2018-01-22T15:50:18Z

Designers often get overwhelmed and confused when they need to choose a suitable typeface for their projects. Even those with a strong typographical background find it hard to narrow down the choice and pinpoint the right font - and it's not surprising considering the extensive font libraries currently available. As a type foundry, we believe it is our responsibility to inform clients' decisions when it comes to purchasing fonts - we understand and appreciate the investment you're making (…) - TypeTalk / emphasis, typefaces, Boutros Arabic type, typography, calligraphy fonts, custom Arabic fonts, typesetting, arabic fonts, humanist, headline fonts, newspaper, television, naskh, body text, bbc arabic

Preserving the essence of a sacred script

Mourad Boutros — 2017-07-23T08:21:48Z

Arabic calligrapher and font designer Mourad Boutros explores the rise in global awareness of Arab cultures and the design challenges facing brands. - TypeTalk / emphasis

Techtype Conference

Peter McCree — 2016-08-01T08:11:55Z

On Saturday July 9th, three Letter Exchange members gave presentations at the Techtype Conference in Beirut, Lebanon. The conference, organized by the Lebanese Graphic Design Syndicate was attended by around 70 members of the city's design community. Along with Zaid Al Hilali, an Adobe expert from Dubai, Letter Exchange members Arlette and Mourad Boutros plus David Wadmore gave presentations in the morning and early afternoon sessions. These were followed by a workshop, led by David and (…) - TypeTalk / emphasis

Boutros Sign

Peter McCree — 2016-07-28T09:10:58Z

Designing signage is a science in itself. In long distance reading, the human eye blurs the shapes being seen, making them appear somewhat fuzzy. As a result, certain measures need to be taken when designing signage. In designing Latin signage, the most important starting point is to ensure that all inherent complexity is removed, simplifying the character shapes as much as possible to ensure maximum legibility. It goes without saying, therefore, that signage typefaces must be sans-serif. (…) - TypeTalk / emphasis

BoutrosArlette Sans

George Kandalaft — 2016-02-16T10:07:40Z

Following the success of the ground breaking Tanseek family of fonts - a genuine first in the combination of Arabic and Latin alphabets - Boutros™ has released BoutrosArlette, a structurally and visually compatible Arabic and Latin typeface family. The new family of BoutrosArlette fonts has been designed by the same team as Tanseek, with Dave Farey and Richard Dawson providing the Latin, and Arlette Boutros creating the Arabic. Now, however, the emphasis has shifted marginally from print (…) - TypeTalk / emphasis

Tanseek Modern Book

George Kandalaft — 2015-03-09T13:53:34Z

The already critically acclaimed Tanseek font family is now complete with the launch by Boutros™ of the new Tanseek Modern Book typeface weight. The new weight augments Tanseek's role as the font of choice for a broad range of corporate and individual multilingual applications. The Tanseek family was first conceived as an Arabic style of four weights. The next stage was the development of a companion Latin family of fonts, to be visually compatible with the Arabic style, which previously (…) - TypeTalk / emphasis

Investing in the future

Peter McCree — 2014-05-02T09:35:34Z

As part of its ongoing commitment to design education, Boutros™ hosted the London Creative Conference from 21 to 23 April 2014. The conference was specifically tailored to the needs of graphic design students from the American University of Kuwait (AUK), the second time that the University has participated in a Boutros™ educational event. As well as the core theme of Arabic type design, the conference featured international branding, newspaper design and informational and directional (…) - TypeTalk / emphasis

Educational support at its best

2010-05-01T14:34:48Z

Boutros International is already well known for its dominant position in the field of Arabic creativity, typography, calligraphy and design. Less well known is Boutros International's support for future generations of designers through innovative educational initiatives. Boutros International recently hosted its first Arabic Creative Conference in support of the education sector. The first attendees were Art and Graphic Design students from the American University of Kuwait. The programme, (…) - TypeTalk / emphasis