ARABIC AND ISLAMIC TYPOGRAPHY
Examples of Arabic Type Design by Mamoun Sakkal
SAKKAL DESIGN ARABIC TYPEFACES LIST
Typeface Name |
Year |
Latin Compatibility |
Notes |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sakkal Maya | 1991 | Previously licensed to Winsoft | ||
| Sakkal Seta | 1992 | Previously licensed to Winsoft | ||
| Sakkal Sameh | 1992 | Not released | ||
| Nadeem Swash | 1994 | Revision of existing font used to typeset poetry book | ||
| AlFuttaim | 1998 | Compatible with AlFuttaim Latin | Programming by Thomas Milo, exclusive to AlFuttaim | |
| Sakkal Kafi | 1999-2011 | Not released | ||
| Arabtek | 2000 | Compatible with Teknik Latin | Not released | |
| Arabic Typesetting | 2002 | Latin by John Hudson | With Paul Nelson, exclusive to Microsoft | |
| Microsoft Uighur | 2002 | Latin by John Hudson | Exclusive to Microsoft | |
| Sakkal Baseet | 2003 | Not released | ||
| Microsoft Uighur Bold | 2004 | Latin by John Hudson | Exclusive to Microsoft | |
| Sakkal Majalla | 2004 | Latin by Steve Matteson | 2 weights licensed to Microsoft | |
| Hasan Alquds | 2005 | With Hasan Abu Afash | ||
| Burj Dubai Shilia | 2006 | Compatible with Foundry Sans Latin | Exclusive to Emaar Properties | |
| BD Armani Shilia Thin | 2006 | Compatible with Univers Thin | Exclusive to Armani | |
| Letter Gothic Arabic | 2006 | Compatible with Letter Gothic Latin | Exclusive to Bitstream | |
| Sakkal Ghajar | 2006 | Not released | ||
| Lablab | 2007 | Compatible with Convection Latin | 2 weights licensed to Microsoft XBox. 6 weights Released through sakkal.com and ilovetypography.com in 2021 | |
| Sakkal Shadeed | 2007 | Not released | ||
| Awan Newspaper | 2007 | Compatible with Univers | Exclusive to Awan Newspaper, Kuwait | |
| Jawal | 2008 | Licensed to Bitstream. Not released | ||
| Zaman | 2009 | Released as part of AwanZaman (see below) | ||
| Bitstream Mobile Arabic | 2009 | Exclusive to Bitstream | ||
| Sakkal Saad | 2010 | Not released | ||
| Sakkal Majallatan | 2010 | A more cursive version of Sakkal Majalla. Not released | ||
| Sakkal Deema | 2011 | Not released | ||
| Arial Arabic | 2011 | Compatible with Arial Latin | Re-design for Microsoft. Not released | |
| Traditional Arabic enhancements | 2011 | Exclusive to Microsoft | ||
| Simplified Arabic enhancements | 2011 | Exclusive to Microsoft | ||
| Urdu Typesetting enhancements | 2011 | Exclusive to Microsoft | ||
| Shilia | 2011 | Compatible with Univers Latin included in the fonts | Released by Linotype with Univers Latin | |
| Sakkal Majalla Tali | 2012 | An updated version of Sakkal Majalla. Not released | ||
| Mohanad | 2013 | Re-design, commissioned by Microsoft Saudi Arabia | ||
| Bustan | 2014 | Design by Jamal Bustan, development by Sakkal Design | ||
| AwanZaman | 2014 | Latin by Juliet Shen | Released by TypeTogether in 2016 | |
| Simplified Arabic enhancements | 2014 | Expansion and enhancements. Exclusive to Microsoft | ||
| Sakkal Majalla expansion | 2014 | 2 weights licensed to Microsoft | ||
| Sakkal Wadi | 2015 | Modern Naskh font for screen. 5 weights. Not released | ||
| Sakkal Kitab | 2015 | Printing Naskh font. 5 weights. | ||
| Calibri Arabic | 2015 | 3 weights. Ecxlusive to Microsoft, released 2016 | ||
| Bayan Madina Swashes | 2016 | Exclusive design. 1 weight. | ||
| Sakkal Majalla Thaana | 2016 | Exclusive to Microsoft | ||
| Shilia Condensed | 2017 | 8 weights condensed and 5 weights compressed released by Linotype with Univers Latin included in the fonts | ||
| Sakkal Kitab for Kindle | 2017 | 2 weights licensed to Amazon Kindle reader | ||
| Sakkal Mohanad III | 2019 | Updated version of 2014 fonts. Not released | ||
| Sakkal Kitab | 2021 | 5 weights released through sakkal.com and ilovetypography.com | ||
| Sakkal Saad (expanded version) | 2022 | Latin by Type-Together | 6 weights to be released through sakkal.com and TypeTogether.com | |
| Sakkal Kitab Urdu | 2022 | 5 weights. Not Released | ||
| Sakkal Saad Poster | 2023 | Latin by Type-Together | 6 weights to be released through sakkal.com and TypeTogether.com | |
Updated 06/24/2025
© SAKKAL DESIGN. Updated 06/28/2025