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 Handasi

Designer

Saad D. Abulhab

Creation Year

2005

Category

OpenType

Weights

Regular, Regular Italic

Platform

Windows and any Mac Open Type supported program

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 Font Description

The idea behind Handasi, Arabic word for “engineered”, was to design a font without a single curve that would at the same time resembles traditional curves-rich Nask style. The font strictly uses straight lines.

Handasi was designed and implemented completely utilizing FontLab version 4.6 only. No paper drawing or sketches were used.  Arabic glyphs were constantly compared next to each other before full testing.  The process took around 200 hours. 

The design of Handasi is based on the Mutamathil Taqlidi design style where each letter is represented by one normal glyph assigned the basic Unicode number and an additional final shape glyph to letters capable of dual connection within traditional Arabic text.  No initial, medial, or standalone shapes are provided. Handasi uses a customized FontLab Encoding page. 

Handasi is a True Type Font with a select number of Open type tables included.  It adheres to Unicode standards version 4.0. We have plans to update it to the latest Unicode Standards in the near future. 

Handasi is an isolated-glyph design but it is virtually connected to maximize its readability. It is remarkably legible at very small sizes and can be utilized in applications where smooth curves are hard to render.  

Like all Mutamathil style fonts, Handasi includes specially designed Arabic and Hindi-Arabic numerals, Lam Alif ligatures, and Allah ligature. 

Also, like all Mutamathil style fonts, Handasi includes soft vowel diacritics (Harakat). They are positioned on one fixed position above the Alif height to avoid any mix-up with the dots and to emphasize that these Harakat are not part of the letters. Harakat are only custom positioned above Alif and its Hamzah combinations. 

The italic (ma’il) version of Handasi is slanted to the left with a 12 degree angle.  This ensures better visual and reading in a right to left environment

 
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