Pascal Zoghbi
Arabic Bold Nr.49
Planning the next Arabic typeface requires historical research, analysing the current type market, and understanding the latest font technology dedicated to the Arabic script. Pascal Zoghbi, an Arabic type designer and founder of 29Letters Type Foundry (aka 29LT), will take us behind the stage of the production of contemporary fonts and the criteria required to achieve such a task professionally. He will try to demonstrate the mindset of a type designer amidst the crucial transition phase after finishing a type system and the initiation of a new one. Historical calligraphic and typographic references will be showcased during the talk in order to give an overall perspective of the Arabic type developments and market throw out the decades.
About Pascal Zoghbi
Pascal Zoghbi is a Lebanese designer and educator with a Master of Design in Type & Media from KABK. He founded 29LT digital type foundry in 2013. Building on a cross-cultural approach, he has developed an outstanding collection of contemporary multiscript typefaces. Having moved to Madrid in 2018, he expanded 29LT’s focus on Arabic and Latin scripts to embrace a global multiscript approach that taps into other world scripts. Zoghbi taught for ten years at various design schools in Lebanon and in the UAE. Internationally renowned, he has received prestigious design awards, such as TDC, Granshan, AIGA, and was nominated for Jameel Prize 3. He also co-authored and edited the Arabic Graffiti book.
