Letterform Frequencies: Exploring the Visual Imprint of Arabic Type

Yara Khoury NammourHow do letter frequency and repetition shape the look of Arabic text? Developed during Nammour's 2025 Typographer-in-Residence programme at the Hoffmitz Milken Center for Typography, this book studies how often letters and their contextual forms appear in continuous Arabic text, and how the script's cursive, connected structure produces visual rhythms quite different from Latin typography. It brings together research data, visual analysis and documentation of the process.Yara Khoury Nammour is a designer, educator and author who leads the Arabic Type Research Unit at the American University of Beirut.Published by HMCT in collaboration with Khatt Books and Draw Down Books, 2026. Softcover with poster wrap, 264 pages, 6.75 × 9 in.