!exclusive!: Univers Next Arabic Bold

“A bold Arabic sans should shout without breaking. Univers Next Arabic Bold whispers loudly.” — paraphrase of Nadine Chahine’s design notes.

| Feature | Details | |-----------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | Univers Next Arabic (part of a 6-weight family: Light, Regular, Medium, Bold, Heavy, Black) | | Weight | Bold (corresponds to Univers Next Latin Bold 660) | | Script | Arabic (full support for Arabic, Persian, Urdu – basic subset) | | Glyph count | Approx. 400–500 (includes positional forms, ligatures, and basic Latin) | | Hinting | TrueType hinting for optimal rendering on screen at small sizes | | Format | OpenType (TTF/OTF) with Unicode encoding (Arabic Presentation Forms B for legacy support) | | Design axis | Single weight (no variable version as of original release) | univers next arabic bold

| Property | Details | |----------|---------| | | Univers Next Arabic | | Weight | Bold (700) | | Style | Sans-serif, Neo-grotesque | | Design Based On | Univers (Adrian Frutiger) + Arabic adaptation | | Best For | Headlines, subheadings, emphasis, navigation, posters | | Contrast | Low (monolinear) | | x-height | Large (high readability) | “A bold Arabic sans should shout without breaking