About Tanween
Tanween is a visual search platform dedicated to Arabic typography. founded by Michel Salloum and curated by Michel Salloum and Sarah Khorbtli.
It serves as a searchable mood-board for Arabic type designers and calligraphers, built with deep appreciation and care.

On this platform, you will find a spectrum of work, from the masterpieces of established greats to the rough and experimental, that might give a spark of inspiration to create.

What Tanween is NOT,
Tanween is not a "mark of excellence." While our catalogue features some of the finest Arabic type from incredible artists and designers, that isn't the platform's primary purpose. Although both curators share a great passion for Arabic typography, we are in no position to judge the quality of others' work, nor do we wish to. Tanween is simply inspiration fuel for arabic-type lovers.

About the curators
Michel Salloum, An animation director and academic educator, with great passion for Arabic typography that started back in Damascus University where he designed an Arabic typeface as his graduation project.
Currently based in Dubai,UAE serving as animation instructor at Istituto Marangoni University.

Sarah Korbtli, A visual artist and animator...
Currently based in Dubai,UAE serving as art direction instructor at Istituto Marangoni University.
Website designed with Webflow, Rive and Antigravity. Search logic and tagging system were provided by developer Ghattas Salloum,
Latin Typeface is JetBrains Mono designed by Philipp Nurullin and Konstantin Bulenkov.
Arabic typeface is Cairo by Mohamed Gaber.
Overall look and feel was heavily inspired by SearchSystems designed by Nordebrink Studio.