Monk Latin and Arabic Geometric Leturgerð by Paul Robb is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award í silfri in Grafík, myndskreytingar og sjónræn samskiptahönnun Competition Category.
SilfurGrafík· 2020
Monk Latin and Arabic Geometric Leturgerð
by Paul Robb
Client: Salt & Pepper
A' Design Award í silfri Winner in Grafík Category
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The Design
About Monk Latin and Arabic Geometric Leturgerð
Munkur leitar jafnvægis milli hreinskilni og læsileika sans serifs húmanista og jafnari eðli torgsins sans serif. Þótt upphaflega var hannað sem latneskt leturgerð var snemma ákveðið að það þyrfti víðtækari skoðanaskipti til að innihalda arabíska útgáfu. Bæði latína og arabíska hanna okkur sömu rök og hugmyndin um sameiginlega rúmfræði. Styrkur samhliða hönnunarferlisins gerir tungumálunum tveimur kleift að hafa jafna sátt og náð. Bæði arabísku og latínu vinna óaðfinnanlega saman með sameiginlegum talningum, stofnþykkt og bognum formum.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award í silfri
Monk Latin and Arabic Geometric Leturgerð vann A' Design Award í silfri, gífurlega virta viðurkenningu sem veitt er hönnunarverkum í fremstu röð, stórfallegum og áhrifamiklum. Sigurvegarar í silfri eru ákaflega snjöll og afar skapandi verk sem sýna framúrskarandi sérfræðiþekkingu, hæfileika og skarpskyggni hönnuða sinna. Þess er vænst að Monk Latin and Arabic Geometric Leturgerð sé dásamlegt sýningarverk sem er einstaklega fagmannlegt og djúpt nýstárlegt. Þetta hönnunarverk sem vann A' Design Award í silfri er mjög athyglisverð, dáð uppfinning sem gagnast og færir mörk listar, vísinda, hönnunar og tækni fram á við. Monk Latin and Arabic Geometric Leturgerð er mjög öfunduð sköpun sem vekur langanir, færir jákvæðar tilfinningar og kveikir undrun og aðdáun.
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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