Light, then decisive.
Montserrat for Latin, Alexandria for Arabic — the full 100–900 variable families. The system uses five weights: Light 300, Regular 400, Medium 500, SemiBold 600, Bold 700. ExtraBold/Black are not used.
Guideline
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03 · Typography
Light, then decisive.
Montserrat for Latin, Alexandria for Arabic, both variable 100–900 (used: 300/400/500/600/700). Headlines Light 300 with one Bold 700 phrase. Labels 600 caps with 0.12em tracking (Arabic: no caps, no tracking).
All brand communication.
System fonts in artwork; Alexandria for English text.
- Tabular figures for numbers
- Arabic line-height 1.5–1.9
- Isolate Latin names inside Arabic lines
- All-caps headlines
- More than one bold phrase
- Synthetic bold/italic
ExampleSee board Type scale (04, 20).
10 · Bilingual · markets
One system, two directions, two markets.
Arabic layouts mirror with logical properties; Egyptian colloquial for Egypt, MSA for KSA. Arabic greeting first on occasions. Latin branch names isolated in Arabic lines.
Every surface published in Arabic.
Machine-translated copy.
- Write Arabic natively
- Keep numerals consistent within a surface (policy N-7 open)
- Mixing directions without isolation
- Latin fonts for Arabic
ExampleSee board Typography (04), web (15).
The board
Display to numerals in Montserrat and Alexandria, weights, sizes, leading, tracking, case, bilingual compositions, do and don’t
The official board from the package, rendered live. Use “Open full size” for 1:1 detail on small screens.
Type tester
Both families are variable 100–900; the system uses 300, 400, 500, 600 and 700. Type in the field to try your own copy.