hey,

well from my old notes here, arabic types are 2 types>> koufic (geometric) or Cursive.

in Cursive we have the following kinds (which have under it many fonts):
Riqaa: narrow short letter (newspapers - adertizing and headlines)
Farisi: elegant impression
thuluth: complicated for decorative and announcement caligraphic compositions
naqsh: daily writings

for body type check AXT Gihan AXT marwan
Axt manal

and Rhotes Sans

im sure by now there are many new fonts out there, Boutros is one type foundary that are professional check their website! provides links. yaqout, and grapheast are other places that have professional fonts as well ....

Sakkal Majalla as the text face?

http://www.bitstream.com/font_rendering/products/dev_fonts/arabic/

Hi!

B:

Thank You, I know most of that, they wouldn't work for a fashion/life style magazine. AXT fonts have poor design and poor development too. Boutros may be the most nice typeface among them I know but I am not sure it has been designed to appeal for a fashion/ life style magazine.

What I don't know is:
I want to know how to find: Rhotes sans, Yaqout, grapheast.

Sii:
I think Your suggestion makes a lot of sense to me, only I have 2 problems:the sheen doesn't look elegant. Another problem I find in most arabic font and annoies me is: the black is not enough in small sizes such as 10/12 size.

A.

Hi
You can check www.grapheast.com for Grapheast fonts, or try www.arabicfonts.com for more quality Arabic fonts.
John