Gramophone
Gramophone was born from a simple idea: creating a font with a nostalgic feel rooted in classical typography. The initial Bold version was released in 2024 and received the prestigious award at the 70th Type Directors Club Typography Competition (TDC70).
In March 2025, the font was redesigned and expanded. Nine new weights were added, numerals and symbols were updated, and additional features and language support were introduced, while its classical character was preserved and the design adapted to modern, minimal needs.
Several letters were refined; for example, the eye of the letter "ـعـ" was hollowed to prevent blotting in dense text, improving readability and overall quality.
As part of this development, a key feature was added to the font: Style Set 1(Simplified Forms). This feature allows users to access two distinct visual expressions within a single typeface: the “Classic” style, with greater fidelity to traditional Naskh details, and the “Modern” style, with reduced embellishments for a more minimal and polished appearance. This flexibility provides a thoughtful response to the diverse needs of contemporary design projects.
Font Licensing
For an additional user to use the font.To share the font with your designer or project partner. (details)
For one website or app and to share the font with 2 additional project partners. (details)
For small businesses to share the font with 5 additional employees and use it on one website.(details)
For unlimited use by companies in all their activities. A website builder, website templates and services that allow users to type with the font. (details)
Gramophone
Implementation of a Multi-Master system based on three masters: Thin, Regular, and Fat
Gramophone 3 includes ten weights, two dot styles, and a variable font version. The weight structure is built upon three master designs to enable more precise control over form behavior and interpolation quality in the intermediate weights.
Practical alternate letters
By enabling the ss01: Simplified Forms feature, some letters are simplified, giving the font a more minimal appearance.
By activating Stylistic Sets 2 - 6, the second and third forms of heh, swash kaf, reversed yeh, as well as the alternate forms of isolated and final meem can be used.
By activating Stylistic Sets 7, Arabic and Latin numerals are converted to Persian numerals.
The custom Toman and Rial symbols are enabled via Stylistic Set 8, while the Saudi Riyal and UAE Dirham symbols are activated through Stylistic Set 9.
Enabling the Tabular Lining feature in OpenType gives you access to tabular numerals. These numerals all have the same width, making them ideal for tables, price lists, or any numeric columns that require precise alignment.
Gramophone 3 supports Persian, English, Arabic, Kurdish, and Urdu languages. For the Latin script, the open‑source Aleo font has been used, with shared modifications applied to the details of all characters.
New decorative shapes have been added to the font for filling typographic spaces, which are activated by inserting the ‘asterisk’ and ‘hamza’ characters.
The previous version of this font, which had four styles, has been updated and is available in the font pack.
- Main fonts: in TTF and OTF formats, in 10 weights and two dot styles
- Variable font: 2 axes (Weight, Dot)
- Web fonts: WOFF and WOFF2 formats, along with CSS and HTML code.
- Old Version(updated): Includes 4 styles (Clean, CleanCND, Grunge, and stone)
- PDF guide file: Guide to using alternate characters, tabular numerals, financial symbols, and ornamental signs
Born in 1365 (1986) | Shiraz Bachelor's in Graphic Design | Non-profit Shiraz Art University Typographer and Typeface Designer Philosophy Typeface Design | 1400 (2021) Telegraph Typeface Design | 1401 (2022) Gramophone Typeface Design | 1402 (2023)
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