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Monk Latin and Arabic Geometric Дизајн Слова by Paul Robb

Monk Latin and Arabic Geometric Дизајн Слова by Paul Robb is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Сребрна награда A' Design Award in Графички дизајн, илустрација и визуелна комуникација Competition Category.


СребрнаГрафика· 2020

Monk Latin and Arabic Geometric Дизајн Слова

by Paul Robb

Client: Salt & Pepper

Сребрна награда A' Design Award Winner in Графика Category

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The Design

About Monk Latin and Arabic Geometric Дизајн Слова

Монк тражи равнотежу између отворености и читљивости хуманистичких санс серифи и регулиранијег карактера трга санс сериф. Иако је првобитно замишљен као латиница, одлучено је рано да му је потребан шири дијалог да би се уврстила и арапска верзија. И латино и арапско дизајнирали су нам исто образложење и идеју заједничке геометрије. Снага паралелног процеса дизајнирања омогућава да два језика имају уравнотежен склад и грациозност. И арапски и латински раде беспрекорно, имају заједничке бројаче, дебљину стабљике и закривљене облике.

The Recognition

About the Сребрна награда A' Design Award

Monk Latin and Arabic Geometric Дизајн Слова је добитник Сребрне награде A' Design Award, изузетно престижног признања које се додељује врхунским, предивним и импресивним дизајнима. Добитници Сребрне награде неизмерно су бриљантна и изузетно креативна дела која илуструју изузетну стручност, таленат и оштроумност својих дизајнера. Очекује се да Monk Latin and Arabic Geometric Дизајн Слова буде дивно, узорно дело, запажено професионално и дубоко иновативно. Овај дизајн награђен Сребрном наградом A' Design Award веома је запажен, дивљен изум који користи и помера границе уметности, науке, дизајна и технологије. Monk Latin and Arabic Geometric Дизајн Слова је творевина којој многи завиде, која буди жеље, доноси позитивна осећања и изазива чуђење и дивљење.

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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