A’ALKA

Arabic typeface

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A’alka Arabic typeface in cream on a deep purple background, with orange and pink labels

Bold. Fluid. Playful.

A’alka is an Arabic display typeface with high contrast, a thick baseline, circular dots, and sweeping curves. Its playful forms are designed for expressive branding, packaging, and posters.

A’alka Arabic lettering in cream on deep purple, with orange and pink labels A’alka Arabic letterforms and pink diacritics on a deep purple background A’alka type anatomy showing circular dots, contrast, curved forms and the thick baseline Orange and pink A’alka Arabic word tiles arranged around the typeface name

Type in motion.

Animated explorations of the typeface’s shapes and rhythm.

Poster

The A’alka type specimen.

Full A’alka specimen poster with orange and pink Arabic word tiles

Typeface in use.

A’alka in Aya Katorji’s final-year project and Marya Itani’s kinetic exploration.

Final-year project by Aya Katorji
Kinetic exploration

Credits

Typeface Design
Lynne Orfali
Leen Bowadi
Marya Itani
Kinetic Exploration
Marya Itani
Application Project
Aya Katorji
Guidance
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