playful arabic font 'tajreed' references piet mondrian's abstract compositions

with the belief that color fonts are the next big thing in graphic design, mostafa el abasiry references the abstract art of piet mondrian in arabic display font ‘tajreed’. influenced by one of the dutch painter’s most popular works from his de stijl period, ‘composition with red, blue, and yellow’, the font letters of tajreed mimic mondrian’s clearly defined lines.

letterform referencing mondrian’s composition
on the left: piet mondriaan, 1930 – mondrian composition II in red, blue, and yellow, image source: wikimedia commons

mostafa el abasiry has designed the playful font in OpenType-SVG format, which allows the display of multiple colors, gradients and layers. meaning abstract in arabic, tajreed is designed for modern applications such as web design, mobile apps and print advertising.

arabic letter ‘ta’a’ (ت)

arabic font tajreed

typographic composition with tajreed

OpenType-SVG font layers

the hollow version of tajreed

arabic alphabet

printout with tajreed

‘for a prettier content’

the hollow and colorful versions of the tajreed font

initial sketches

initial sketches

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edited by: sofia lekka angelopoulou | designboom