Yekan Bakh
The YekanBakh typeface is carefully designed to meet modern needs, featuring a simple, neutral, and pixel-friendly style that also suitable for print. It works efficiently in various contexts.
All characters in YekanBakh are crafted in a straightforward, minimalistic style. While it falls into the monoline category, its thickness isn't entirely uniform, This intentional variation, influenced by visual perception and the pen angle, enhances readability.
YekanBakh belongs to the monoline category, although its strokes are not entirely uniform in thickness. Optical illusions play an important role in this, as does an understanding of the effects of pen angle. At the beginning and end of every curve, and at every intersection, stroke thicknesses have been carefully adjusted to ensure they look just right.
We went beyond conventional limits by incorporating a variety of geometric shapes. The primary objective was to guarantee both readability and visual allure, with intriguing consideration given to optical illusions. Also, geometric forms can give letters a cold and mechanical personality, especially in Arabic script, which doesn't blend well with geometric forms.
YekanBakh began with the redesign and development of the Yekan typeface. Yekan was designed by Masoud Sepehr, while Yekan Bakh was designed by Reza Bakhtiarifard in 2014. Over the years, the typeface gradually matured and was further refined and expanded.
In 2024, in collaboration with Mahan Jafarzadeh, 6 width levels were designed for the typeface, from ExtraCondensed to ExtraExpanded. The Latin characters were also designed specifically to complement and harmonize with the Persian characters.
Now, in 2026, Ehsan Roudi has designed the Armenian characters for the typeface.
YekanBakh now has 56 fonts and variable version; it covers +60 languages and is usable in +95 countries.
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)
Yekan Bakh
In the Yekan Bakh (Pro+) font package :
Main Fonts: 8 weights and 7 widths, Available in TTF and OTF formats.
Web Fonts: WOFF and WOFF2 formats, along with CSS code.
Variable Font: 2 axes (weight and width).
Typographer, Logotype & Typeface Design Instructor • Design Irancell, Tehran Book Garden, Leila, Ravi, Abar & Paykan • Design MyBaby, Alibaba, Ayandeh Bank, Fanoos (Hamkaran System), Inverse School, Bonyade Koodak & InshapeBody typefaces in collaboration with Mahdi Ershadi • Design MIKA, Bank Sepah, Ray, Vazeh quranic typefaces & Dabestan typefaces in collaboration with Omid Emamian • Design Doran typeface in collaboration with Fereshteh Iranshahi • Design Yekan Bakh typeface in collaboration with Mahan Jafarzadeh • Design Novin Web typeface (Redesigning Novin Typeface designed by Hirbod Lotfian) • Design Nian typeface in collaboration with Afsaneh Salek Notable Achievements • 3rd Place and Honorable Diploma - GRANSHAN Type Design Competition. • Grand Prize - Silk Road Biennial for Typeface Design. • TDC Typographic Excellence (2018) - Vazeh UI Quranic Typeface. • TDC Typographic Excellence (2018) - Ray Typeface. • TDC Typographic Excellence (2019) - Vazeh Classic Quranic Typeface. • Jury President of Tehran Type Week 3rd & Jury Member of Tehran Type Week 2nd
Typeface & Logotype designer Cooperation in the design of Latin characters and the expansion of the Yekan Bakh font family with Reza Bakhtiarifard
Hi, I’m Ehsan, a graphic designer and typographer. My passion lies in blending different lettering and calligraphic cultures. In collaboration with Nahaaki Studio, I’ve had the honor of designing and redesigning logotypes for well-known brands such as Delester and Abali. For the typeface Doran, together with Reza Bakhtiari-Fard and Fereshteh Iranshahi, I designed the Armenian version of the font.
Comments
Recommended Posts
Meeting with Karim Shahin, Designer of the Narengi Typeface
Nostalgic Arabic Fonts: Reviving the Beauty of the Past
Top Arabic Fonts for Ramadan and Eid Design
Arabic Fonts for Books & Magazines: From Print to Digital
Techno Typeface; A Look at the Design Process and Logic
What features does an ideal subtitle font have?
Selected Fonts of 2025 in the TDC Competition
13th GRANSHAN Type Design Competition