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Monthly Archives: January 2012
On The Means of Beholding The Prophet in a Dream
As I promised to announce on this blog new productions that I have worked on, I’m happy to introduce to you in this post a new book from a start-up publisher, Ihsanica, who are based in Durban, South Africa. This … Continue reading
Posted in miscellaneous, Publishing, typography / design
Tagged Blessed Tree, Ihsanica, Logo, Nabahani
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Be Near the Earth
Be Near the Earth is a phrase that caught my eye some months ago on a Zaytuna College web page. Sh. Hamza was quoting the advice of a Mauritanian shaykh he knew and its many meanings I thought worth expanding … Continue reading
Posted in typography / design
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To Serif or not to Serif?
There was a time when to make something look cutting edge you just avoided serifs, those little embellishments on a letter of type that stops it looking like a block of wood. It was that simple. Helvetica as opposed to … Continue reading
Posted in architectural, miscellaneous, typography / design, Uncategorized
Tagged architecture, HS2, modernism, sans serif, serif
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