Monk Latin and Arabic Geometric Typeface Design by Paul Robb is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Silver A' Design Award in Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design Competition Category.
SilverGraphic· 2020
Monk Latin and Arabic Geometric Typeface Design
by Paul Robb
Client: Salt & Pepper
Silver A' Design Award Winner in Graphic Category
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About Monk Latin and Arabic Geometric Typeface Design
Monk seeks a balance between the openness and legibility of humanist sans serifs and a more regularized character of the square sans serif. Although originally designed as a Latin typeface it was decided early on that it needed a wider dialogue to include an Arabic version. Both Latin and Arabic design us the same rationale and the idea of shared geometry. The strength of the parallel design process allows the two languages to have balanced harmony and grace. Both Arabic and Latin work seamlessly together having shared counters, stem thickness, and curved forms.
The Recognition
About the Silver A' Design Award
Monk Latin and Arabic Geometric Typeface Design is a Silver A' Design Award winner, an extraordinarily prestigious recognition granted to top-of-the-line, gorgeous, and impressive designs. Silver winners are tremendously brilliant and exceedingly creative works that illustrate the outstanding expertise, talent, and acuity of their designers. Monk Latin and Arabic Geometric Typeface Design is expected to be a wonderful, showpiece work that is remarkably professional and profoundly innovative. This Silver A' Design Award-winning design is a highly notable, admired invention that benefits and advances the boundaries of art, science, design, and technology. Monk Latin and Arabic Geometric Typeface Design is a vastly envied creation that evokes desires, introduces positive feelings, and sparks amazement and wonderment.
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What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?
The idea was to create a font that would work together seamlessly in Latin and Arabic. Especially when mixed in communications. A lot of fonts have both versions but they seem different fonts am I wanted harmony.
What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?
Harmony in languages, especially when used together, for example, international signage, newspapers, etc., basically where they would appear together and need to be one continuous communication.
What are your future plans for this award winning design?
I would love to start specializing in corporate brand typography Winning that award is an award from my peers, so after a lot of months of work is it satisfying that they see the merit in the work.
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Monk is a multi-language geometric harmoniously balanced font in Arabic and Latin. The font family has its origins from the Benedictine and Franciscan writing. Both Arabic and Latin work seamlessly together having shared counters, stem thickness, and curved forms. Monk is a type family that seeks a balance between the openness and legibility of humanist sans serifs. Letterforms have a distinct direction of the ductus, a wide overall stance, large open counters that help in its legibility.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- True Type and Open Source Font
- Tags
- Typeface design, Font Design, Font Family, Monk, Graphic typeface
- Production Technology
- Designed and produced in Fontographer
- Design Challenge
- The challenge was to create a modern typeface based on the historical research.
- Research
- The Monk font family has its origins from the Benedictine and Franciscan writing. The initial research was based around the ancient text stored in and around Umbria in central Italy. Analyzing the form and structure of the monk's letter we created a modern approach to the forms creating repeatable geometric curves, which were applied first to create the Latin font. With a concept of open discussion through the religions, the next logical step for us was to develop those design rationals to Arabic lettering with the development of two harmonious fonts.
- Inspiration
- The font family has its origins from the Benedictine and Franciscan writing. Originally designed as a Latin typeface it was quickly seen that we needed to open a wider dialogue and expand the font to include an Arabic version, using the same rationale to the design. The strength of the parallel design process allows the two typeset languages to have balanced harmony and grace.
- Project Duration
- The Project started in 2017 and finish in September 2018, in Perugia Italy.
- Operation Flow
- Our underlying concept was to develop a font that could communicate harmoniously in Arabic and Latin that was constructed with shared geometry. When used in an Arabic text western words would be seamlessly intergraded in the text.
- Patents
- © Paul Henry Robb, Salt & Pepper 2018
- Team Members
- Design direction: Paul Henry Robb
Latin Font: Paul Henry Robb
Arabic Font: Naser Imache - Paul Robb
Design Ass: Tommaso Calderini - Image Credits
- © Paul Henry Robb, Salt & Pepper
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