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Eyad Al-Samman

Eyad Al-Samman is a graphic designer, typographer, photographer, translator, and 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 was 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).

In 2025, he designed the extensive typeface family Ibnmuqlah, named after famed Arabic calligrapher Ibn Muqlah. 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 book 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. This modern scripting typeface delivers full, seamless integration of essential Arabic diacritics, including damma, shadda, sukūn, fatḥa, and ka. This robust feature ensures flawless, practial 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.

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