Mamoun Sakkal ( ar, مأمون صقال) is a
Syrian
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type designer, artist and
calligrapher
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Typography Bronze Cube 2018 for Sakkal Kitab Font.
*Third International Calligraphy Competition: First Award in
Kufi
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*First place award in the Arab Human Development Report cover design competition, United Nations Development Programme, New York City - 2003.
*Two Awards of Excellence for Sakkal Seta and Arabic Typesetting typefaces, Type Directors Club of New York International typeface design competition, 2003, and for Microsoft Uighur typeface in 2004.
*First Prize in Letter Arts Review Magazine International Competition in 2005.
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Syrian calligraphers
People from Aleppo
Living people
Syrian artists
20th-century calligraphers
21st-century calligraphers
Year of birth missing (living people)
Typographers and type designers
Typographers of Arabic script
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