29LT Zarid Text is the lucid neo-calligraphic version of Zarid Serif. In contrast to the latter that is a formal, confident and robust typeface, Zarid Text is an orderly, fluent and legible type with softened serifs that complement the natural flow of reading.
Upright and slanted Arabic neo-calligraphic Naskh character set resonate in look and feel with its slanted humanistic calligraphic Latin counterpart.
29LT Zarid Text type family consists of 8 styles — 4 Standard styles and 4 Slanted styles — and comes in Light, Regular, Medium, and Bold weights.
WHY IT IS A TOP PICK
29LT Zarid Text displays advanced but softer features. Improved legibility in small point size and habitual appearance are its key characteristics. More calligraphy-influenced with a greater variation in line width, it does offer improved legibility and clearer interlinear space. The range of weights also provides suitable typographic hierarchical solutions in bi-script Arabic and Latin layouts. This reader-friendly typeface is quite useful for diverse long running texts, such as magazines and books, and it works well with both digital and print applications. Its fashionable feel makes it aesthetically functional in display typographic setting too.
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.
Ramiro Espinoza (Latin)
Pascal Zoghbi (Arabic)
