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Reem Kufi (كوفي ريم) is a modern kufic typeface
SIL Open Font License 1.1
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Add more descriptive description #4

Closed davelab6 closed 8 years ago

davelab6 commented 8 years ago

Please add a more descriptive description to the README that describes the design and project in more detail :)

khaledhosny commented 8 years ago

It looks descriptive to me, it even has two Wikipedia links :) OK what kind of details you think are missing?

davelab6 commented 8 years ago

Fair enough :) I was thinking more about particular glyphs of interest, other similar designs you took inspiration from, etc

khaledhosny commented 8 years ago

The main source of inspirations are mentioned, there are no other sources as it is a style rarely made into typefaces (all those Kufi typefaces are either faux Kufi or square Kufi, a completely different genre).

davelab6 commented 8 years ago

:)

khaledhosny commented 8 years ago

OK, what about this:

Reem Kufi

Reem Kufi is a Fatimid-style decorative Kufic typeface as seen in the historical mosques of Cairo, and is largely is based on the Kufic designs of the late master of Arabic calligraphy Mohammed Abdul Qadir who revived this art in the 20th century and formalised its rules.

Reem Kufi is particularly suitable for display settings, in titles or decorations. Due to its unmistakable old Kufic style, it gives a feeling of something old, historical, or Islamic.

Some glyphs in Reem Kufi has several alternate variants that can work better for different situations, they can be accessed with “Character Variant” features (cv01, cv02, and so on).

Reem is an Arabic female name that literally means “a white deer” and it so happens to be the name of my daughter.