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From the middle ages to the Middle East, from Futura to Freight, join us on a journey across the type universe and go where no designer has gone before… welcome to An Incomplete History of Type. 

Name: Zapfino Arabic

Release Date: 2014

Designer: Nadine Chahine

Classification: Calligraphic

Owned By: Linotype

Claim to Fame: This typeface was designed by one of the most talented female type designers in the world today, who is helping to bridge the gap between Latin and Arabic letterforms.

In today’s episode we had the opportunity to speak to the designer herself! Some of the insights revealed in the interview with Nadine include:

• The ways in which serif and sans serif classifications overlook the most important characteristics of type 
• What it was like to work with type legend, Hermann Zapf
• Whether or not there will be a Comic Sans Arabic
• What Latin letterforms can learn from Arabic letterforms

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