Dubai “Worlds First City” Gets Its Own Typographic Font
Dubai has teamed up with Microsoft to become the worlds first city to have a font named after the gleaming metropolis.
Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Executive Council of Dubai Shaikh Hamdan Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum yesterday launched the Dubai Font in line with the UAEs vision to become a regional and global leader in innovation.
The font, the first typeface developed by Microsoft for a city, comes in both Arabic and Latin script and will be available in 23 languages to 100 million Office 365 users around the world.
"The launch of the Dubai Font to the world is a very important step for us as part of our continuous efforts to be ranked first in the digital world," Shaikh Hamdan was quoted as saying by media reports.
He also directed government departments ...