Tasmeem – design – explores the limits of Arabic Typography the origin of the concept, how it was realized and how it works


Thomas Milo
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Thomas Milo is the president of DecoType. Unlike any other player in this field, DecoType develops font technology that takes into the equation the Islamic calligraphic tradition and the requirements for both modern and classical Arabic orthography. DecoType has been working on Arabic script technology since 1982, in the course of which they pioneered the concept of Dynamic Font (Smart Font, Intelligent Font) DecoType has a close partnership with WinSoft, France.