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Monk Latin and Arabic Geometric U Disegnu Di Tipografie by Paul Robb
Monk Latin and Arabic Geometric U Disegnu Di Tipografie by Paul Robb
Monk Latin and Arabic Geometric U Disegnu Di Tipografie by Paul Robb
Monk Latin and Arabic Geometric U Disegnu Di Tipografie by Paul Robb
Monk Latin and Arabic Geometric U Disegnu Di Tipografie by Paul Robb

Argentu Grafica · 2020

Monk Latin and Arabic Geometric U Disegnu Di Tipografie

by Paul Robb

  • A' Design Award d'Argentu 2020 in Grafica
  • CLIENT: Salt & Pepper
  • Estimated Number of Design Views: 66,154
  • Verification code BA08A83AC3 · Verify this award
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About Monk Latin and Arabic Geometric U Disegnu Di Tipografie

Monk cerca un equilibriu trà l'apertura è a legibilità di l'umanistanu senza serifs è un caratteru più regularizatu di a piazza sans serif. Eppuru chì hè statu originalmente cuncepitu cum'è un tippu latinu, hè statu decisu prima chì avia bisognu di un dialogu più largu per include una versione araba. Eppuru u latinu è l'arabu ci designanu a listessa ragione è l'idea di a geometria cumune. A forza di u prucessu di designu parallele permette à e duie lingue un equilibriu armunia è grazia. Tramindui l'arabu è u latinu travaglianu senza parimenti cun compartimenti spuntati, spessore di u stilu, è forme curvate.

About the A' Design Award d'Argentu

Monk Latin and Arabic Geometric U Disegnu Di Tipografie hè un vincitore di u premiu A' Design Award d'Argentu, una ricunniscenza straordinariamente prestigiosa attribuita à i disegni di alta gamma, splendidi è impressiunanti. I vincitori d'Argentu sò opere tremendamente brillanti è estremamente creative chì illustranu l'espertisa, u talentu è l'acutezza eccezziunali di i so disegnatori. Si aspetta chì Monk Latin and Arabic Geometric U Disegnu Di Tipografie sia una opera maravigliosa di mostra, rimarchevulemente prufessiunale è prufondamente innuvatrice. Stu disegnu vincitore di u premiu A' Design Award d'Argentu hè una invenzione assai nutevule è ammirata chì benefizia è allarga i limiti di l'arte, di a scienza, di u disegnu è di a tecnulugia. Monk Latin and Arabic Geometric U Disegnu Di Tipografie hè una creazione assai invidiata chì evoca disideri, introduce sentimenti pusitivi è accende stupore è maraviglia.

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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
Image Credits
© Paul Henry Robb, Salt & Pepper

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