Monk Latin and Arabic Geometric Typeface Design by Paul Robb is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award i Sølv in Grafik, Illustration og Visuel Kommunikationsdesign Competition Category.
SølvGrafik· 2020
Monk Latin and Arabic Geometric Typeface Design
by Paul Robb
Client: Salt & Pepper
A' Design Award i Sølv Winner in Grafik Category
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About Monk Latin and Arabic Geometric Typeface Design
Munk søger en balance mellem åbenheden og læsbarheden af humanistiske sans seriffer og en mere regelmæssig karakter af kvadrat sans serif. Selv om det oprindeligt var designet som et latinsk skrifttype, blev det tidligt besluttet, at det havde brug for en bredere dialog for at inkludere en arabisk version. Både latin og arabisk designer os den samme rationale og ideen om delt geometri. Styrken ved den parallelle designproces gør det muligt for de to sprog at have en afbalanceret harmoni og nåde. Både arabisk og latin fungerer sømløst sammen med fælles tællere, stilkets tykkelse og buede former.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award i Sølv
Monk Latin and Arabic Geometric Typeface Design er vinder af A' Design Award i Sølv, en usædvanligt prestigefyldt anerkendelse, der tildeles designs i topklasse, som er pragtfulde og imponerende. Sølvvinderne er enormt geniale og overordentlig kreative værker, der illustrerer deres designeres fremragende ekspertise, talent og skarpsindighed. Monk Latin and Arabic Geometric Typeface Design forventes at være et vidunderligt udstillingsværk, der er bemærkelsesværdigt professionelt og dybt innovativt. Dette design, der har vundet A' Design Award i Sølv, er en højst bemærkelsesværdig, beundret opfindelse, som gavner og flytter grænserne for kunst, videnskab, design og teknologi. Monk Latin and Arabic Geometric Typeface Design er en skabelse, som mange misunder, og som vækker begær, bringer positive følelser og antænder forundring og undren.
Behind the Design
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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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