Born in Lebanon, she came to a career in type design initially via her graphic design studies at the American University of Beirut. This early awakening to the design possibilities for Arabic type was ...

What makes experts so damn good at what they do? Well, there are some obvious reasons: Experts have more knowledge about their profession (or hobby) than the rest of us, whether they’re painters, car ...

Maqroo, an Arabic word for “readable,” is also the name of the first-of-its-kind Arabic font for readers with dyslexia. “Arabic is a complicated writing system,” says Abdo Mohamed, founder of the type ...

The tallest building in the world is, by definition, quite visible. So it makes some sense that the creators of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai were fastidious about the look of the tower—right down to the ...