Arabic Type Design & Typography with Nadine Chahine, Part 1

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In this first of the two part conversation with Nadine Chahine, type designer and CEO of ‪@ILoveTypography‬, we dig into Arabic type design, typography and type design in general.
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Chapters
00:00 Intro
02:15 Greeting to Nadine Chahine
03:32 How Nadine discovered typography
06:43 The horrible state of Arabic typefaces in the 90ies
09:04 Why Arabic typography was neglected for so long
11:57 A typeface is a series of conversations
17:02 Why knowing about type is so helpful for everyone
15:07 A good typeface is not modular
18:57 Type as an ingredient
22:23 Learning about type is easy
Show notes: pmty.pe/talk04
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[@Cubannerd]

Loving the Pokemon analogy. 😆

[@PimpmyType]

It’s brilliant, right? Nadine has just so many great metaphors.

[@Cubannerd]

@@PimpmyType I loved it. I actually like when people, specially experts do that. It helps people learn things quicker. She's probably an excellent teacher.

[@TheMikifer]

Really cool and interesting interview. Big thanks!

[@PimpmyType]

Happy you enjoyed it! 🤩 What was your highlight? Make sure to check out part 2: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aGTRi2qDoZ6eqZo