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Monk Latin and Arabic Geometric Proiectarea Tipografiei by Paul Robb

Monk Latin and Arabic Geometric Proiectarea Tipografiei by Paul Robb is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award de Argint in Design Grafic Competition Category.


ArgintGrafică· 2020

Monk Latin and Arabic Geometric Proiectarea Tipografiei

by Paul Robb

Client: Salt & Pepper

A' Design Award de Argint Winner in Grafică Category

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The Design

About Monk Latin and Arabic Geometric Proiectarea Tipografiei

Călugărul caută un echilibru între deschiderea și lizibilitatea umanistelor fără serife și un caracter mai regularizat al pătratului fără serif. Deși inițial concepută ca o tipografie latină, s-a decis din timp că a fost nevoie de un dialog mai larg pentru a include o versiune arabă. Atât latina cât și araba ne proiectează aceeași rațiune și ideea de geometrie comună. Puterea procesului de proiectare paralel permite celor două limbi să aibă o armonie echilibrată și har. Atât araba cât și latina lucrează perfect împreună având contoare partajate, grosime tulpină și forme curbe.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Argint

Monk Latin and Arabic Geometric Proiectarea Tipografiei a câștigat A' Design Award de Argint, o recunoaștere extraordinar de prestigioasă acordată designurilor de top, superbe și impresionante. Câștigătorii Argintului sunt lucrări extraordinar de strălucite și extrem de creative, care ilustrează expertiza, talentul și perspicacitatea remarcabile ale designerilor lor. Se așteaptă ca Monk Latin and Arabic Geometric Proiectarea Tipografiei să fie o lucrare minunată, de referință, remarcabil de profesionistă și profund inovatoare. Acest design câștigător al A' Design Award de Argint este o invenție foarte notabilă și admirată, care aduce beneficii și împinge limitele artei, științei, designului și tehnologiei. Monk Latin and Arabic Geometric Proiectarea Tipografiei este o creație extrem de invidiată, care trezește dorințe, aduce sentimente pozitive și stârnește uimire și mirare.

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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