Koufiya Arabic typeface
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Koufiya Arabic typeface is a contemporary Arabic font designed by Nadine Chahine, known for blending traditional calligraphic influences with modern typographic functionality.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Koufiya Arabic typeface canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11909797 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Koufiya Arabic typeface Context triple: [Nadine Chahine, notableWork, Koufiya Arabic typeface]
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A.
Arabic-script typography
Arabic-script typography is the design and arrangement of text using the Arabic writing system, encompassing its calligraphic styles, contextual letter forms, and specialized typographic conventions across print and digital media.
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B.
Thuluth script
Thuluth script is a large, elegant, and highly cursive style of Arabic calligraphy traditionally used for architectural inscriptions, Qur’anic headings, and decorative works.
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C.
Diwani script
Diwani script is an ornate Ottoman-era style of Arabic calligraphy characterized by its intricate, flowing lines and dense, decorative composition often used in royal decrees and official documents.
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D.
Naskh script
Naskh script is a widely used, highly legible style of Arabic calligraphy commonly employed in printed texts, books, and everyday writing.
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E.
David Hebrew typeface
David Hebrew typeface is a widely used modern Hebrew typeface designed by Ismar David, known for its clean, legible forms that bridge traditional calligraphy and contemporary typography.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Koufiya Arabic typeface Target entity description: Koufiya Arabic typeface is a contemporary Arabic font designed by Nadine Chahine, known for blending traditional calligraphic influences with modern typographic functionality.
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A.
Arabic-script typography
Arabic-script typography is the design and arrangement of text using the Arabic writing system, encompassing its calligraphic styles, contextual letter forms, and specialized typographic conventions across print and digital media.
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B.
Thuluth script
Thuluth script is a large, elegant, and highly cursive style of Arabic calligraphy traditionally used for architectural inscriptions, Qur’anic headings, and decorative works.
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C.
Diwani script
Diwani script is an ornate Ottoman-era style of Arabic calligraphy characterized by its intricate, flowing lines and dense, decorative composition often used in royal decrees and official documents.
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D.
Naskh script
Naskh script is a widely used, highly legible style of Arabic calligraphy commonly employed in printed texts, books, and everyday writing.
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E.
David Hebrew typeface
David Hebrew typeface is a widely used modern Hebrew typeface designed by Ismar David, known for its clean, legible forms that bridge traditional calligraphy and contemporary typography.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arabic typeface
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digital font ⓘ |
| category | text typeface ⓘ |
| classification | Arabic display and text family ⓘ |
| designCharacteristic |
balanced contrast
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clear counters ⓘ geometric structure ⓘ stable baseline ⓘ |
| designer | Nadine Chahine ⓘ |
| designerAffiliation | Nadine Chahine Studio ⓘ |
| designerNationality | Lebanese ⓘ |
| designerProfession | type designer ⓘ |
| designGoal | blend traditional calligraphic influences with modern typographic functionality ⓘ |
| designInfluence |
Kufic style
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traditional Arabic calligraphy ⓘ |
| designStyle | contemporary ⓘ |
| feature |
OpenType layout features
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contextual letterforms ⓘ hinting for screen rendering ⓘ kerning for Arabic script ⓘ ligatures for Arabic script ⓘ modern typographic proportions ⓘ optimized legibility at small sizes ⓘ |
| hasCharacterSet |
Arabic letters
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Arabic numerals ⓘ punctuation marks ⓘ |
| intendedUse |
print
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screen ⓘ |
| script | Arabic ⓘ |
| scriptDirection | right-to-left ⓘ |
| supports |
Arabic language
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linked to:
Arabic
Persian language ⓘ Urdu language ⓘ basic Latin punctuation ⓘ |
| targetUsers |
UX and UI designers
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branding agencies ⓘ graphic designers ⓘ publishers ⓘ |
| useCase |
branding
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corporate communications ⓘ editorial design ⓘ user interfaces ⓘ web design ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Arabic script
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linked to:
Arabic alphabet
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How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Koufiya Arabic typeface Description of subject: Koufiya Arabic typeface is a contemporary Arabic font designed by Nadine Chahine, known for blending traditional calligraphic influences with modern typographic functionality.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.