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Eyad Al-Samman

Eyad Al-Samman is a graphic designer, typographer, photographer, translator, and a freelance literary journalist. He was born in Sana'a city, Yemen, in 1976. Eyad has a Bachelor's Degree in electrical engineering. He started working as a graphic designer in 1999. His first typeface is Concordia (2005, a squarish techno typeface that was named after the university in Montreal where he studied). Sherbrooke (2009), a free pair of sans serif fonts, is named after Sherbrooke Street in Montreal (Luc's home...).

Creator of Samman (2011, Arabic), Castile (2011, kufic style), Nasser (2010), Zawiya (2008).

In 2012, he made Eyadish (Latin and Cyrillic): Eyadish is specifically designed for commercial, educational, cultural, and social purposes related to infants, babies, kids, and children, Loyolliams (2012, squarish, a renamed version of Concordia) and Alfarooq (2013).

Typefaces from 2014: Kindah (a modern Kufic font named after Kindah, an ancient Yemeni tribe), Nusaibah (a modern, geometric, and headline Arabic display typeface.

Typefaces from 2015: Ghibli (a free Latin text typeface).

Typefaces from 2016: Matwin (a children's script), Thwaites (named after his Canadian friend James Douglas Thwaites).

Typefaces from 2018: Danah.

Typefaces from 2019: Awwam (a wide headline Arabic typeface).

Typefaces from 2020: Yusyad (a tall condensed display family).

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Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Typefaces and type design for Arabic ⦿ Type design in Quebec ⦿ Sites with only a few free fonts ⦿ Commercial fonts (small outfits) ⦿ Children's handwriting fonts ⦿