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HT Baybars

HadiType Foundry · Muhammed Hadi · 2020

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HT Baybars specimen from HadiType Foundry

A contemporary Arabic display typeface grounded in Mamluk Thuluth calligraphy, offered in six weights from Light to ExtraBold.

About

HT Baybars adapts the formal conventions of classical Thuluth script into a typeface suited to editorial, branding and digital contexts. Six weights span a range broad enough for both text setting and headline use. The design retains the structural character of Mamluk calligraphy while regularising it for modern typographic demands.

Classification

Rooted in Mamluk Thuluth calligraphic tradition, HT Baybars is a display Arabic typeface that adapts the characteristic curves and proportions of classical Thuluth script into a contemporary typographic form.

Weights

LightRegularMediumSemiBoldBoldExtraBold

Languages

Arabic

Tags

arabicthuluthcalligraphicdisplaybrandingeditorialmamlukheritage