Creator
Khajag Apelian and Waël Morcos (type director Christian Schwartz)
Title
The Graphik Arabic
Coverage
New York:
Publisher
Commercial Type
Date
2017
Description
These type specimens present Arabic and Latin font families with harmonized letterforms for multilingual uses. Though they convey a sense of optimism for globalization, their historical precedents trace back to the Arabic types of the French colonial Imprimerie nationale du Caire. The Brando Arabic specimen, by sampling from The Heart of Darkness, almost begs the question: can a typeface be a tool for decolonization? The Graphik Arabic specimen seems to answer by using the Egyptian جماعة الفن والحرية (Groupe Art et Liberté) manifesto—“Long Live Degenerate Art.”
Source
From the Collection of Scott Ellwood