![]() ![]() Hey Porter! also keeps prices low to ensure that they are accessible to design students from diverse backgrounds. Kahaza supports a variety of scripts including Arabic, Farsi, Urdu and Kurdish. 1 Display: Eclat, 2 Display: Bauhaus, 3 Display: Lobster. Display (decorative) type classification. They are typically suited for large point sizes and primarily used for display. So, if you’ve got a project that’s in need of a bold typography treatment, look no further than the authentic yet refreshing Kahaza. Display typefaces, also known as decorative, are a broad category of typefaces that do not fit into the preceding classifications. Tawfiq has also enlarged the dots (shaped more like diamonds) throughout the typeface which gives a “humanist appearance” while also giving the font a more “informal vibe” as Tawfiq puts it. To accentuate the modern feel, glyphs are elegantly expanded, but finished with distinct points, creating a feel that “blends the poise between sharpness and smoothness”. “The typeface takes a step beyond vintage influence by incorporating distinctive sharp characters that highlight detailed design work,” Tawfiq explains. ![]() This is where Hey Porter! really lives up to its experimental credentials, taking traditional aesthetics and graphic legacies and infusing them with touches that bring them firmly into the present day. It comes in regular, if you’re looking for a more clean and polished look, or bold for “a more impactful statement”.ĭespite being rooted in vintage aesthetics, Tawfiq was intent on ensuring that Kahaza still had a “dynamic contemporary balance”. These two influences make Kahaza a perfect display font, ideal for editorials, posters, branding, music videos and film titles, Tawfiq lists. (If you fancy a look at the rich legacy of material that has inspired Kahaza, we covered the Moving Pictures Painted book of cinema Egyptian posters from CentreCentre earlier this year.)Īlongside vintage film posters, Tawfiq also took inspiration for Kahaza from Naskh script, a form of lettering used commonly in newspaper and magazine headlines across the Arab world. It therefore comes as no surprise to hear that Tawfiq’s most recent typeface, Kahaza, is inspired by posters, specifically the titles you might find on vintage Egyptian film posters from the 1970s and 80s. To remedy his boredom while making infographics and reports through his work for an NGO, he created a poster every day for three years – often resulting in 5am bedtimes. When we first met Tawfiq Dawi, the man behind experimental type studio Hey Porter! back in 2021 we discovered that he had something of an affinity for posters.
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