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Ibnmuqlah

por Sammantype
Estilos individuales desde $50.00 USD
Familia completa de 2 fuentes: $100.00 USD
La familia tipográfica Ibnmuqlah fue diseñada por Eyad Al-Samman y publicada por Sammantype. Ibnmuqlah contiene 2 estilos y opciones de paquete familiar.

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Abu Ali Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Muqlah (885–940), commonly known as Ibn Muqlah, was a pivotal figure in the history of Arabic calligraphy. Born in Baghdad, the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate, he was a high-ranking official who rose to the post of Vizier (Wazir) in the early 10th century. His turbulent political career ended in imprisonment, where he suffered the mutilation of his right hand and tongue before his death in prison on 20 July 940. However, Ibn Muqlah is primarily revered as an innovator in calligraphy. Historians credit him with the invention of the principle of al-Khatt al-Mansub (The Proportioned Script), which established geometric rules for Arabic letterforms. This system is the foundation for the classic scripts, including Thuluth (khatt ath-thuluth) and Naskh (khatt an-naskh). His mastery was celebrated by contemporaries. The scholar Abu Hayyan Al-Tawhidi revered him as 'a prophet in the field of handwriting; it was poured upon his hand, even as it was revealed to the bees to make their honey cells hexagonal.' Similarly, Al-Tha’alibi declared: “Ibn Muqlah’s handwriting is an example of beauty, because it is the most beautiful handwriting in the world. No one has seen, nor has anyone narrated, anything like it in its transcendence of description and its magical quality.” “Ibnmuqlah” typeface is a modern, streamlined digital script named in honor of the great calligrapher. It is primarily designed for display use. Its key visual feature is the dynamic contrast between thin and thick curves in its Arabic characters, successfully evoking a classic handwritten style. The typeface supports a wide range of Arabic character sets, making it suitable for composing text (i.e., alphabetical and numerical) in languages such as Arabic, Urdu, Persian, and also Kurdish. Its design is particularly striking and eye-catching in large printed formats, making it ideal for headlines, titles, brand names, packaging, and signage. Consequently, it is well-suited for books’ covers, large advertisements (such as light boards), magazine and newspaper titles, products, logos, and artistic applications in public spaces like streets, metro stations, and satellite channels’ branding. This modern scripting typeface delivers full, seamless integration of essential Arabic diacritics—including damma, shadda, sukūn, fatḥa, and kasra—for every letterform. This robust feature ensures flawless, practical application and maximum utility across the demanding scripts of Arabic, Urdu, Persian, and Kurdish, making it the perfect choice for professional typographic projects seeking maximum market adaptability and authenticity across diverse linguistic contexts. In point of fact, “Ibnmuqlah” typeface was created deliberately by the humble typographer Eyad Al-Samman to honor the enduring legacy of the brilliant calligrapher Ibn Muqlah, the inventor of the proportional system that standardized the classic, widely used, and illustrious; Thuluth and Naskh Arabic scripts.

Diseñadores: Eyad Al-Samman

Editorial: Sammantype

Fundición: Sammantype

Propietario del diseño: Sammantype

MyFonts debut: Nov 27, 2025

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Eyad Al-Samman is a Yemeni author, lecturer, typographer, and freelance graphic designer. He was born in Sana'a, the capital city of Yemen, and still lives there. Eyad has a bachelor degree in electrical and computer engineering and a master's degree in business administration. He works as an assistant lecturer in local Yemeni universities and community colleges. He teaches there managerial and other subjects in English language. Eyad has started working as a graphic designer since 1999 and discovered the magic world of typography in the mid-2000s. His first designed typeface was Loyolliams which he designed in the late of 2005. His fonts are mostly used in typesetting and publishing of different texts including Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Kurdish, Latin, Cyrillic, and other texts. One of his composed pangrams is (waxy gents chalked over my fab jazzy quip) which contains 34 letters.

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