Frutiger LT Arabic, crafted by Lebanese designer Nadine Chahine in consultation with Adrian Frutiger, serves as a complement to the Latin Frutiger typeface. A style, it includes modern design elements to form its letter designs. This blend results in a humanist Kufi style, characterized by handwritten structures and subtle variations, offering a more approachable and informal alternative to the traditionally geometric Kufi styles. Like its Latin counterpart, Frutiger Arabic is primarily intended for signage but is versatile enough to suit various applications, ranging from low-resolution displays to advertising headlines and corporate branding.
The font holds all the essential Latin characters of Frutiger and provides support for Arabic, Persian, and Urdu languages. Moreover, it has an extensive charset of 586 symbols and characters and a glyph count of 557 along with proportional and tabular numerals for these languages. This makes this font family highly diverse and multipurpose, perfect for many creative tasks. Frutiger LT Arabic comes in a variety of weights to further increase its accessibility. These may include:
- Frutiger LT Arabic 45 Light
- Frutiger LT Arabic 47 Light Condensed
- Frutiger LT Arabic 55 Roman
- Frutiger LT Arabic 57 Condensed
- Frutiger LT Arabic 65 Bold
- Frutiger LT Arabic 67 Bold Condensed
- Frutiger LT Arabic 75 Black
- Frutiger LT Arabic 77 Black Condensed
