29LT Zarid Slab - Multilingual Arabic & Latin Fonts

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29LT ZARID Slab: A Firm and Agile Typeface

29LT Zarid Slab is part of the larger Zarid series that also includes Serif and Sans counterparts. It is a firm and loud typeface with agile attributes.

Designed to be easily read as well as seen from a distance, the typeface has strong slabs in the Latin, that are countered by a sturdy Arabic baseline and straight letter structures.

While the Latin letterforms follow the Latin Slab Serif typographic structures, the Arabic has a freer signature look. Taking inspiration from the overall calligraphic approach found in the Naskh and geometric Kufic styles, the type prides itself of its contemporary innovative outlines. 29LT Zarid Slab is the expression of typographic balance between geometric and cursive outlines. The positive outlines balance the negative spaces, giving the type a unique reading flow.

WHY IT IS A TOP PICK
Modern, clean, and sturdy, 29LT Zarid Slab lends itself well for assertive displays and comfortable text readings.

29LT ZARID Superfamily: Diversity and Cohesiveness

Diverse and well thought-out, 29LT Zarid Superfamily is a set of typefaces crafted to work together in close harmony and provide visual cohesion. The typefaces share basic characteristics and common designs yet with differing styles and individual variances, each standing on its own as a useful, distinctive type.

29LT Zarid Superfamily retains a balance between calligraphic angular cuts and unadorned construction. The letterforms are inspired by calligraphic makeup but are rather drawn with a contemporary interpretation. The contrast in the letters is coupled with strong cuts and edges lending the font its crowning robust characteristic.

Arabic and Latin scripts are inspired by one another and match each other. Their synergistic sco-design provide even greater cohesiveness to the superfamily.

WHY IT IS A TOP PICK
29LT Zarid Superfamily is a design tool for graphic designers to explore endless typographic possibilities and explore different communication complexities in their projects. The typefaces convey freshness, robustness, dynamicity, and modernity. They are designed to be easily readable and cover a range of characters allowing for typographic hierarchies.

Script Set

ArabicLatin

Type Category

LatinSlabArabicHumanist

Proportion

WidthNormalContrastLow Contrast

Type Style

CleanCorporateInformalLivelyMechanicalSturdyVersatile

Use

DisplayAd CampaignHeadlineBrand IdentityBody TextInfo GraphicsPublicationFormatScreen PlatformWay Finding

Features

Localized FormsInitial FormsMedial FormsFinal FormsIsolated FormsMarkMark-To-MarkKerningRequired LigaturesStandard LigaturesDiscretionary LigaturesCase-Sensitive FormsLining FiguresTabular FiguresOld Style FiguresFractionsSuperscriptSubscriptStylistic Set 1Stylistic Set 2Stylistic Set 3

Type Designers

Jan Fromm (Latin)

Pascal Zoghbi (Arabic)

Name Meaning

Strong / Robust / Bold

Number of Glyphs

1500+

Year Published

2019

Languages

Middle Eastern and North African languages written in the Arabic script.

Eastern European, Central European, Western European, North American, and South American languages written in the Latin script.

Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Asu, Azerbaijani, Basque, Bemba, Bena, Bosnian, Catalan, Chiga, Colognian, Cornish, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Embu, English, Esperanto, Estonian, Faroese, Filipino, Finnish, French, Friulian, Galician, Ganda, German, Gusii, Hungarian, Icelandic, Inari Sami, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Jola-Fonyi, Kabuverdianu, Kalaallisut, Kalenjin, Kamba, Kikuyu, Kinyarwanda, Latvian, Lithuanian, Low German, Lower Sorbian, Luo, Luxembourgish, Luyia, Machame, Makhuwa-Meetto, Makonde, Malagasy, Malay, Maltese, Manx, Mazanderani, Meru, Morisyen, North Ndebele, Northern Sami, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Nyankole, Oromo, Farsi [Persian], Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Romansh, Rombo, Rundi, Rwa, Samburu, Sango, Sangu, Scottish Gaelic, Sena, Shambala, Shona, Slovak, Slovenian, Soga, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Swiss German, Taita, Teso, Turkish, Turkmen, Upper Sorbian, Urdu, Vunjo, Walser, Welsh, Western Frisian, Wolof, Zulu.