Mamoun Sakkal is founder and principal of Sakkal Design in
Bothell, Washington. After a career as an artist and architect, his
firm has focused on Arabic calligraphy and typography since the
1990s; they have received over 20 national and international awards
for calligraphy and type design including four awards of
excellence from the Type Directors Club of New York, three from
Granshan Non-Latin Type Design competition, and one from IRCICA in
Istanbul. Clients include National Geographic, Microsoft, Linotype,
Adobe, and Bitstream among others. Sakkal Design was commissioned
to design the corporate More…
Mamoun Sakkal is founder and principal of Sakkal Design in Bothell, Washington. After a career as an artist and architect, his firm has focused on Arabic calligraphy and typography since the 1990s; they have received over 20 national and international awards for calligraphy and type design including four awards of excellence from the Type Directors Club of New York, three from Granshan Non-Latin Type Design competition, and one from IRCICA in Istanbul. Clients include National Geographic, Microsoft, Linotype, Adobe, and Bitstream among others. Sakkal Design was commissioned to design the corporate Arabic typefaces for Burj Khalifa and Armani Hotel in Dubai, and several of his Arabic fonts are now widely used as Windows system fonts.
