29Letters [29LT] is a design studio specialized in contemporary Arabic and multilingual typography. Alongside its commercial fonts, 29LT has created bespoke typefaces and typographic projects for Middle Eastern and international brands and establishments.
I took part in the Arabic Calligraphy and Lettering workshop that was offered by the renowned Syrian Calligrapher Mouneer Al Shaarani at Art on 56th Gallery in Gemmayzeh, Beirut.
Inspired from his Kufic artistic art pieces, I aspired to draw a sentence and challenge myself to make it work as an art piece.
I decided to work on the sentence «أهلاً وسهلاً في بيت الزغبي» translated as “Welcome to the house of Al Zoghbi” in the Archaic Kufic style. I wanted the piece to be elongated to sit neatly beside the entrance door of my family’s place.
After several sketches and trials, the art piece was digitised and finalised.
Below Are some images from the workshop in Art at 56th Space:
I also had the opportunity to have Mounir sign his poster that i have from the “Right to Left” posters collection.
Type designer & typographer, Pascal Zoghbi, founded 29Letters in 2006. After he graduated from “The Royal Academy of Arts” in The Netherlands with a Master of Design from “Type & Media”, Pascal created a notable collection of contemporary Arabic and multilingual typefaces alongside corporate identities and design projects. From 2006, he has been teaching typography courses at design schools in Lebanon and UAE. He co-authored and edited the "Arabic Graffiti" book published in 2010. He was one of the 10 finalists for the “Jameel Prize 3” in 2013/2014. He was awarded the Red Ribbon of TDC Typeface Design Competition in 2014, and awarded a “Special Mention” in Granshan Type Design Competition in 2015.
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Reblogged this on napi muszlim and commented:
avagy hogyan készül a kalligráfia.
Reblogged this on napi muszlim and commented:
avagy hogyan készül a kalligráfia.
Wow ! I would love to have been at this workshop ! Although I don’t know Arabic but am a big fan of Mouneer Al Shaarani !!
Thank you for sharing your experience with him, and also I love you blog – I’ve been following it for a while. Thank you!
Kw
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