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ACHELOIS /

Typeface

Achelois, pronounced aki/low/ees, is an Arabic Naskh font inspired by the floral and feminine yet edgy fashion creations of Krikor Jabotian. Among its' characteristics are stroke ends at an angle, open & short descenders, changing height of letters depending on location in a word and large counters. The Arabic alphabet has 29 letters, 3 more than the Latin alphabet. Similar to script fonts, Arabic letters also change according to their placement in a word, meaning each letter has 3 different forms.

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[ University group project with Mouana Sabeh ]

colorful cookbooks, fish, eggs, pomegranate, lemons, carrots, eggplant, cucumbers

SKETCHING PROCESS

colorful cookbooks, fish, eggs, pomegranate, lemons, carrots, eggplant, cucumbers

CHARACTER SET

LETTER CHARACTERISTICS

Stroke ends at an angle, open & short descenders, attention to the negative spaces between letters, height of letters changes depending on location in a word, large counters

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