Mamoun Sakkal
Syrian calligrapher
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| Intro | Syrian calligrapher | ||||||
| Places | Syria | ||||||
| is | Artist Calligrapher | ||||||
| Work field | Arts Creativity | ||||||
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Biography
Mamoun Sakkal (Arabic: مأمون صقال) is a Syrian type designer, artist and calligrapher.
Awards
- Third International Calligraphy Competition: First Award in Kufi style, [Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture, Istanbul, Turkey - 1993.
- First place award in the Arab Human Development Report cover design competition, United Nations Development Programme, New York City - 2003.
- Two Awards of Excellence for Sakkal Seta and Arabic Typesetting typefaces, Type Directors Club of New York International typeface design competition, 2003, and for Microsoft Uighur typeface in 2004.
- First Prize in Letter Arts Review Magazine International Competition in 2005.