Dubai (typeface)

Dubai is a sans-serif typeface commissioned by the Government of Dubai in partnership with Microsoft and designed by a six-member team led by Nadine Chahine from U.S.-based firm Monotype. It contains both Latin and Arabic script. The font, released on 30 April 2017, is included as part of Microsoft's Office 365, and is also available for free download. It will be used by all government departments in Dubai, according to the instruction of the Dubai Executive Council. It is the first Microsoft font named after a city.[1][2]

Dubai
ClassificationHumanist
Designer(s)Nadine Chahine (chief designer)
Commissioned byGovernment of Dubai
FoundryMonotype Imaging
Date released2017
LicenseProprietary
Variations
  • Dubai Light
  • Dubai Regular
  • Dubai Medium
  • Dubai Bold

Languages

It supports 23 languages: Afrikaans, Arabic, Basque, Britannic, Catalan, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, Gaelic, German, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Norwegian, Farsi, Portuguese, Sami, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish and Urdu. [3]

References
  1. Dubai Font to be designed for Microsoft products.
  2. "Dubai becomes first city to get its own Microsoft font", BBC News, 1 May 2017
  3. Dubai unveils official new font.
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