Traditionally, Hebrew printed typography doesn't have a notion of ‘italic’, a concept linked with the evolution of the Latin alphabet. Hebrew, however, when written by hand used cursive forms taught at schools simultaneously from when children start to read, the informal style hasn’t integrated into printed typography. Michal Sahar proposes a cursive Hebrew for continuous text.

Typotheque launches a new type design programme, a collection of contemporary text and display fonts for the Hebrew language.

Michal Sahar is a Tel Aviv based type designer‭, ‬graphic designer and a senior lecturer at The Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design‭, ‬Jerusalem‭. ‬Sin...