Alexandria
Designed by Mohamed Gaber, Julieta Ulanovsky
9 weights • Version 6 • On Google Fonts since 2022 • Popularity #280
Quick Summary
9
Styles
100-900
Weight Range
1
Variable axis
4
Languages / Subsets
© 2022 The Alexandria Project Authors
The quick brown fox
About Alexandria Fonts
Alexandria is the Arabic companion of Montserrat, a Latin script typeface designed by Julieta Ulanovsky which was inspired by the old posters and signs in the traditional Montserrat neighborhood of Buenos Aires.
Alexandria is a variable font ranging from Thin to Black, increasing the ability to use the font in various applications, from long text using the light weights to short headlines using the heavy thick weights.
خط الإسكندرية العربي هو عائلة خط من ٩ أوزان مصنوع في مزاوجة خطيّة مع الخط اللاتيني مونتسرات من تصميم جوليا ألانوفسكي مستوحياه من تصميمات للواصق ولوح قديمة في شوارع حي مونتسرات في بينوس آيريس.
كون العائلة الخطية مكوّنة من ٩ أوزان يزيد ذلك من قدرات استخدام الخط في تطبيقات متنوعة، من خط مناسب للكتل النصية الطويلة عند استخدام الوزن الخفيف، لمناسبته للنصوص القصيرة مثل العناوين والتي يناسبها استخدام الأوزان السميكة من الخط.
To contribute, see github.com/Gue3bara/Alexandria.
Who Designed Alexandria?
Mohamed Gaber
Mohamed Gaber (Cairo, 1986) is a type designer and artist based in Amsterdam. His primary interest lies in the haptic nature of type production and its technological, philosophical, and historical aspects. He holds a Master in design from Sandberg Instituut (Amsterdam). He has founded Kief Type Foundry (a type foundry specialising in open-source Arabic fonts), TypePlatform (a research space for under-represented writing systems focusing on Arabic script), and co-founded TypeLab at Sandberg Instituut (an open platform to experiment with typography). He taught as a guest tutor at AUC (Egypt), VCU (Qatar), and Linnaeus University (Sweden). In addition, he often gives workshops and talks around the world. His type design work is featured on Google fonts, and his artworks were exhibited in DDW (UAE), CTM 2020 (Germany), Venice Biennale 2020 (Italy), MK&G-Hamburg (Germany), Mediamatic (Netherlands), and VCU (Qatar). His work was nominated for the Jameel Art Prize in 2013 and awarded Best Arabic Display font from Granshan in 2016.
Julieta Ulanovsky
Julieta Ulanovsky lives and works in Buenos Aires. She is a graphic designer and typographer (UBA). In 1989 she founded the ZkySky design studio with Valeria Dulitzky. They specialize in identity design, editorial design, and consulting. She is the co-author of three design books and other typeface design projects linked to urban themes.
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