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. She is the founder and director of the Khatt Foundation. As a designer and researcher, she specializes in Arabic and multilingual typography.

Biography

Huda AbiFarès was born in

in 1965. She studied in the United States, earning a

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degree in graphic design from

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in 1987, and a

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degree from

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in 1990. When working as an assistant professor of

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at the

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, she determined that the literature necessary to teach her students about Arabic script, calligraphy, and typography had not yet been written. In 2001, she published ''Arabic Typography'', in which she examined Arabic typography from a structural and theoretical point of view. She also taught visual communication at the

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and served as the department's chair for 3 years. She founded the non-profit Khatt Foundation for the advancement of Arabic typography in

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in 2004. In 2016, she became a member of

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. She earned a

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from

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in 2017. She resides in the Netherlands.

Works

* ''Arabic Typography: a comprehensive sourcebook'' (Saqi Books, London, 2001) * ''Experimental Arabic Type'' (Saatchi & Saatchi, Dubai, 2002) * ''Typographic Matchmaking'' (BIS Publishers, Amsterdam 2007) * ''Typographic Matchmaking in the City'' ( Khatt Books, Amsterdam 2011) * ''Arabic Type Design for Beginners'' ( Khatt Books, Amsterdam 2013)''''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:AbiFares, Huda Smitshuijzen Typographers and type designers Writers from Beirut Rhode Island School of Design alumni Yale University alumni Leiden University alumni 1965 births Living people Artists from Beirut Typographers of Arabic script Lebanese graphic designers