Post #1162515
2026-04-13 23:18 UTC
I'm not an Arab, I can't read any languages that use the Arabic script and I don't really know that much about the script, but I am already starting to have Opinions™ on Arabic type and lettering.
We will find out how many of those opinions turn out to be premature (it turned out I had a couple premature opinions with Devanagari) but I think I'm on the right track.
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@melvian@dragonchat.org 2026-04-13 23:20
I was just watching a talk about a case study for a brand identity where a company needed a multilingual logo, and they had this pretty good elegant serif for the Latin version, and needed an Arabic version that "related to the Latin". And then proceeded to Latinize the SHIT out of the Arabic. Like it barely looked like Arabic to me. Why? What a complete disregard for other cultures...
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@hexaitos@social.jnpw.net 2026-04-14 04:43
@melvian I found Devanagari very nice but never really looked at typefaces for it. I was mostly focussed on learning Hindi that I didn't pay too much attention to the different type faces for the writing system. Is there a nice one for Devanagari that you enjoy?