Font on the cover of 'The Caliph's House'

Faiyaz4 Jul 2008

Does anyone know what font this is?

some characters seem to be created just for the cover, but i'm quite sure i've seen a very similar font before, but i can't seem to remember what it is.

Josev4 Jul 2008#

Many of the characters differ (a, s, etc.) which leads me to believe that it was hand drawn.

bowfinpw4 Jul 2008#

I agree, and it doesn't even seem close to any faux-Arabic fonts I could find.

- Mike Yanega

bowfinpw4 Jul 2008#

The most similar font I could find, stylistically, to this (and I don't think it's too close) was Arabolical by Geoffrey Johnston. 'Arabian' choices at MyFonts and FontShop were not even this similar.

- Mike Yanega

Justin_Ch5 Jul 2008#

On the back of the book it says "Title lettering by Dermot Flynn / Dutch Uncle"

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