In approaching the work on this project, Robert applied the same design principles as were applied to the original Myriad design: he focused on incorporating subtle calligraphic undertones while adhering to the rules of formal sanserif letter construction. He experimented with finding just the right middle-zone heights for the Arabic characters, trying to retain the appearance of traditional proportions within a sanserif design without sacrificing clarity and legibility at reading sizes. That is to say that these new additions were designed to work primarily in text, but also given enough character so that they will function well in display settings.Īrabic and Hebrew text types are almost exclusively calligraphic in nature. However as Robert Slimbach took on the task of designing these extensions for Myriad, his primary goal was to design the Arabic and Hebrew so that they would function in the same manner as Myriad within the same environments. Our assumptions were that low-contrast fonts would hold up better in a wider set of these environments and that it would make sense to base these on the existing visual grammar of our popular Myriad typeface. The initial impetus for extending the popular Myriad family to cover these scripts was that as the world of publishing is moving more and more to the digital realm, and we wanted to create a set of fonts that hold up well in screen-based reading environments.
In the future, these pages will include glyph complement showings for the fonts, likewise full digital specimens with text showings are still forthcoming.
To preview and purchase additional styles or the full families, see our pages for Myriad Arabic and Myriad Hebrew. However, the type styles bundled with CS6 include only a small subset of the new Myriad Arabic and Myriad Hebrew type systems that were created to provide a wider range typographic options for designers.
This core set includes four basic styles: Regular, Bold, Italic, and Bold Italic.
These new typefaces were designed and developed by the Adobe type team in San Jose and have already be recognized for their excellence as one of the winners of the Letter.2 competition conducted by the Association Typographique Internationale. A core set of styles from these type families is bundled with Adobe Creative Suite 6 applications. The ever-popular Myriad type family now has new Arabic and Hebrew members! These have recently been added as part of a suite-wide effort to provide better support for languages of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).