Mada is a modernist, low-contrast Arabic typeface based largely on
the typeface seen in Cairo metro old signage which was designed by
Professor Fathi Gouda of Faculty of Applied Arts, Helwan University.
Mada is characterised by low descenders, open contours and low-contrast
forms making it suitable for small point sizes, user interfaces,
signage or low resolution settings.
Mada can work also as a display typeface giving modernist and
simplistic feeling.
Mada comes in 7 weights (ExtraLight, Light, Regular, Medium, SemiBold,
Bold and Black), as well as an interpolatable variable font that
can provide any intermediate weight on the fly.
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Tagmukay is a Shifinagh script font with support for the Tawallammat
Tamajaq language. The script name is more commonly spelled Tifinagh,
but Shifinagh is the preferred spelling in the region where Tawallammat
Tamajaq is spoken. Tagmukay is a Unicode font that features
bi-consonant ligatures and alternate forms necessary to support
this language.
This port contains both TrueType and Web fonts.
Alkalami is a font designed for Arabic-based writing systems in the
Kano region of Nigeria and Niger.
Alkalami (pronounced al-KA-la-mi) is the local word for the Arabic
"qalam", a type of sharpened stick used for writing on wooden boards
in the Kano region of Nigeria and in Niger, and what gives the style
its distinct appearance. The baseline stroke is very thick and
solid. The ascenders and other vertical strokes including the teeth
are very narrow when compared to the baseline. A generous line
height is necessary to allow for deep swashes and descenders, and
the overall look of the page is a very black, solid rectangle.
Diacritics are much smaller in scale, with very little distance
from the main letters.
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