Firas™ Font Family

Firas™ Regular (Linotype Originals) More details ... Add to shopping cart Price from: US$ 135.00

Text Category 1st Prize Sultan Free by Sultan Maktari (Yemen) Judge's choice for Dr. Fiona Ross Text Category 2nd Prize Midan™ by Kameel Hawa, Director of Almohtaraf assaudi (Lebanon) Judge's choice for Hermann Zapf Honorary Mention 3rd Prize RSIexquisite by Ramzi Ibrahim Honorary Mention 4th Prize Fluid by Omar Safa Honorary Mention 5th Prize Sultan by Sultan Maktari Display Category 1st prize Isra™ by Almamoun Ahmed (Sudan) Judge's choice for Mamoun [...]

The prizes were given out in a special Award ceremony in Dubai on April 6. As part of the Kitabat: Arabic Calligraphy and Typography Conference, the evening was attended by speakers and conference delegates and special guests from around Dubai and the Middle East. The event took place in the Fort Island of Madinat Jumeirah, a fantastic location which offers spectacular views of the Souk area and of Burj Al-Arab. The award winners were escorted onto the island by a group of dancers who [...]

Tajelsir Hassan from Hurouf Arabiya presents Sultan with the entire collection of the calligraphy magazine 1st place winner in the display category: Almamoun Ahmed from Saudi Arabia Winsoft president, Kamel Ghaddas, presents Almamoun with the Middle East version of the Adobe Creative Suite Premiere Tajelsir Hassan from Hurouf Arabiya presents Almamoun with the entire collection of the calligraphy magazine 1st place winner in the calligraphy category: Hakim Ghazali [...]

Firas, designed by Abbas Al-Baghdadi in 2005, is a traditional Kufi and a winner in Linotype's first Arabic Typeface Design Competition. The design is very geometric and bold with very high level of contrast. This makes it suitable for large display sizes, especially in the area of advertising. The font includes a matching Latin design and support for Arabic, Persian, and Urdu. It also includes proportional and tabular numerals for the supported languages.