Hi, What with Scribus' growing support for Arabic scripts, I thought someone here may find the following interesting :-)
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David Sless <[email protected]> Date: 05-Mar-2006 20:32 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Fwd: Design Research News, March 2006 To: Infodesign cafe <infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org> Begin forwarded message: > > 5-8 April 2006: Dubai. Kitabat is the first major Arabic > calligraphy and typography conference in the region. > > Hosted by the Visual Communication Department at the American > University in Dubai, in partnership with Linotype GmBH (Germany) > and the Khatt Foundation: Center for Arabic Typography > (Amsterdam) and in collaboration with the Association > Typographique Internationale (ATypI). > > The aim of this conference is to bridge Eastern and Western > design and lead to a two-way cultural exchange. > > It also seeks to enhance the dialogue between calligraphy and > typography. > > An Internationally-renown line-up of speakers (from the world's > largest type foundries, software companies, and award-winning > Arab and Western designers) will be discussing the future of > Arabic typography and corporate design. > > A new fresh vision of Arabic fonts will be unveiled at the > awards ceremony of Linotype's Arabic Type Design Competition. > > The main topics of Kitabat > > - History of Arabic calligraphy and printing > > - Arabic typeface design and type technology > > - Arabic typography and graphic design in the Middle East. > > There will also be workshops, panels and exhibitions on Arabic > calligraphy, typeface design, graphic design, type technology, > and type education. > > http://www.kitabat.org ___________________________________________________________________ Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers: infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit: http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe For all Information Design matters: http://InformationDesign.org Problems? Write to: InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org ___________________________________________________________________ -- Regards, Dave
