Monk Latin and Arabic Geometric Desain Jenis Huruf by Paul Robb

Monk Latin and Arabic Geometric Desain Jenis Huruf by Paul Robb is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Perak in Desain Grafis, Ilustrasi dan Komunikasi Visual Competition Category.

PerakGrafis· 2020

Monk Latin and Arabic Geometric Desain Jenis Huruf

by Paul Robb

Client: Salt & Pepper

A' Design Award Perak Winner in Grafis Category

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The Design

About Monk Latin and Arabic Geometric Desain Jenis Huruf

Monk mencari keseimbangan antara keterbukaan dan keterbacaan sans serif humanis dan karakter persegi sans serif yang lebih teratur. Meskipun awalnya dirancang sebagai jenis huruf Latin, telah diputuskan sejak awal bahwa diperlukan dialog yang lebih luas untuk memasukkan versi bahasa Arab. Baik bahasa Latin dan Arab mendesain kami dengan alasan yang sama dan gagasan tentang geometri bersama. Kekuatan proses desain paralel memungkinkan kedua bahasa memiliki harmoni dan keanggunan yang seimbang. Baik bahasa Arab dan Latin bekerja sama dengan mulus karena memiliki penghitung, ketebalan batang, dan bentuk lengkung yang sama.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Perak

Monk Latin and Arabic Geometric Desain Jenis Huruf adalah pemenang A' Design Award Perak, pengakuan yang sangat bergengsi yang diberikan kepada desain kelas atas yang indah dan mengesankan. Pemenang Perak adalah karya yang sangat cemerlang dan sangat kreatif yang menggambarkan keahlian, bakat, dan ketajaman luar biasa para desainernya. Monk Latin and Arabic Geometric Desain Jenis Huruf diharapkan menjadi karya yang menakjubkan, etalase keahlian, sangat profesional, dan sangat inovatif. Desain pemenang A' Design Award Perak ini adalah penemuan yang sangat menonjol dan dikagumi yang bermanfaat bagi dan memajukan batas-batas seni, sains, desain, dan teknologi. Monk Latin and Arabic Geometric Desain Jenis Huruf adalah kreasi yang sangat dicemburui yang membangkitkan keinginan, membawa perasaan positif, dan memercikkan keheranan dan kekaguman.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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.
Team Members: Design direction: Paul Henry Robb
Latin Font: Paul Henry Robb
Arabic Font: Naser Imache - Paul Robb
Design Ass: Tommaso Calderini