Category Archives: graphic design

Arabic typesetting: fonts of wisdom

By admin | Published: 5 August 2010

Arabic is the official language of 26 countries, the first language of nearly 300 million people and a second language of nearly 280 million more. Our studio often find themselves working away on several Arabic typesetting projects at any given time. Given this expertise, I've been reflecting on the broader history, my pick of professional Arabic fonts and how the field is developing.

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Taking Translation to Clerkenwell Design Week

By admin | Published: 26 May 2010

The signs are up, the windows dressed, the installations in place.“Clerkenwell Design Week” started yesterday and is set to finish tomorrow. Now that’s somewhat short of a week, but no less interesting for it as the streets are full of “design” of all sorts. image: Clerkenwell Design Week • Jim Dickson is a director of WorldAccent Translation, [...]

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Indian Alchemy is no fool’s gold

By admin | Published: 7 April 2010

A poster campaign caught my eye recently – for two very different reasons. • Jim Dickson is a director of WorldAccent Translation, London

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New design for our translation blog

By admin | Published: 31 March 2010

Regular readers will notice this blog has a new look. We have tried to keep a very simple look that is easy on the eye and hopefully a stimulating read. • Jim Dickson is a director of WorldAccent Translation, London

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Oh! What a lovely translation design

By admin | Published: 22 March 2010

I came across this picture gallery of classic movie posters, as part of a recent Guardian article called ‘The Story of O’, a diverting little piece about the letter O in type and design. Designers would probably start thinking how about how the ‘O’ cleverly combines textual and visual representation to deliver a single message, as [...]

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