Dr mamoun sakkal biography
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Mamoun Sakkal
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Islamic Calligrapher
Dr. Sakkal, PhD is a type designer from Aleppo, Syria, who now lives and works in the US. Providing graphic design and communication solutions to major national and international corporations, he has focused on Arabic calligraphy and typography since the 1990s. He has received awards in calligraphy, graphics, and type design, including four awards of excellence from the Type Directors Club of New York, one from IRCICA, Istanbul, and one from Letter Arts Review Annual. Dr. Sakkal has been the Arabic typography specialist for Microsoft since 2001. Dr. Sakkal has been instrumental in deciphering the Kufic panels of the Jal Mahal for the first time and also in understanding the many calligraphic traditions of Mandu. In addition to his contribution in the chapter on Jal Mahal, he also crafted an exclusive kufic design for the book title “Suhur-e-Shaadiabad.” Dr Sakkal is the key person to design the Islamic Typeface for Burj Khalifa.
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About Mamoun Sakkal
Mamoun Sakkal, PhD, designs communication solutions for major national and international corporations. He has received awards in calligraphy, graphics, and type design, including three awards of excellence from the Type Directors Club of New York and one from IRCICA, Istanbul.
Dr. Sakkal's work includes design of the corporate Arabic typefaces for Burj Dubai (now Burj Khalifa) and Armani Hotel in Dubai, and Awan Newspaper in Kuwait.
He has been the Arabic typography specialist for Microsoft since 2001, and several of his Arabic fonts are used as Windows system fonts. Other clients include Adobe, Bitstream, Linotype, National Geographic and TripleInk, among others.
Dr. Sakkal studied art at the Plastic Arts Center in Aleppo and has degrees from the University of Aleppo and the University of Washington in Seattle, and Ph.D. in Islamic art history from the University of Washington—thesis on Square Kufic calligraphy in modern art and design. He has lectured on Islamic art, Arabic calligraphy and Arabic typography at universities and conferences in the United St