Absolute Egypt
Subtitle: how graphic design tells the story of a culture : the visual culture of Egypt
By: Raghda Moataz = Miṣr fī al-muṭlaq : riwāyat al-taṣmīm al-jirāfīkī li-ḥikāyat thaqāfah : al-thaqāfah al-marʼīyah al-Miṣrīyah / Raghdah Muʻtazz
Publisher: Khatt Books
Published: 2020
Place of publication: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Language: eng
Number of pages: 235
ISBN-13: 9789490939199
Copyright date: 2020
Subjects: Graphic design (Typography); Design; Social life and customs; Visual sociology; Visual anthropology; Social aspects; Manners and customs
Other titles: Miṣr fī al-muṭlaq : riwāyat al-taṣmīm al-jirāfīkī li-ḥikāyat thaqāfah : al-thaqāfah al-marʼīyah al-Miṣrīyah /; Visual culture of Egypt; How graphic design tells the story of a culture :; Thaqāfah al-marʼīyah al-Miṣrīyah
Notes: Cover title.

Text in English and Arabic.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Ahmad Saqfalhait; title: Introduction; title: Basic design elements. Patterns ; Textures ; Colors ; Symbols ; Illustrations; title: Public designs. Religious lettering ; Commercial lettering ; Decorative lettering ; Miscellaneous lettering ; Orientation signs ; Identification signs ; Hand-painted retail signs ; Three-dimensional retail signs ; Printed retail signs ; Retail signs comparison ; Grocery price tags ; Informal tags ; Informal structures; title: Printed matter. Religious prints ; Books ; Newspapers ; Everyday documents ; Currency ; Stamps.