maryam1ou / mada

A geometric, unmodulted Arabic display typeface

Mada

Mada is a modernist, low contrast Arabic typeface based largely on the typeface seen in Cairo metro old signage. Mada is characterised by low descenders, open contours and low contrast forms making it suitable for small point sizes, user interfaces, signage or low resolution settings.

Mada can work also as a display typeface giving modernist and simplistic feeling.

Mada comes in 7 weights (ExtraLight, Light, Regular, Medium, SemiBold, Bold and Black), as well as an interpolatable variable font that can provide any intermediate weight on the fly.

Building

If you are building from cloned Git repository, you will need to update the git sub modules:

git submodule update --init

You need GNU Make and a few Python packages. To install the Python requirements, run:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Then to build the fonts:

make otf # CFF-flavoured fonts
make ttf # TTF-flavoured fonts
make vf  # Variable font, TTF-flavoured