HAL · حال · brand typeface trial

Three type pairings, same mockups

Each mockup is shown three times with the same photo, layout and copy. Only the typefaces change, so the fonts are the only difference you see. Tap any image to see it full size.

CurrentSF Mada headers · SF Mada body
Option 2Zain headers · Guess What body
Option 3Palestine headers · Guess What body

00 · Specimens

The three pairings, set alone

The wordmark, a headline and a paragraph in each pairing. Palestine has no harakat, so its headlines show without tashkeel.

Current type specimen
Current header SF Mada · body SF Mada
Option 2 type specimen
Option 2 header Zain · body Guess What
Option 3 type specimen
Option 3 header Palestine · body Guess What

01 · The notebook

An editorial page in the majlis green binder

A headline, a long Arabic paragraph, an English pull-quote and a footer, printed on the ivory page. The logo is screen-printed on the cloth cover.

Current: headers in SF Mada, body in SF Mada
Current SF Mada + SF Mada
Option 2: headers in Zain, body in Guess What
Option 2 Zain + Guess What
Option 3: headers in Palestine, body in Guess What
Option 3 Palestine + Guess What

02 · The gallery wall

Three posters in afternoon sun

A stamp-edged polaroid poster, a brass arch with curved text and a long paragraph, and a leaf-grid poster with a scalloped photo. All three frames change font together.

Current: headers in SF Mada, body in SF Mada
Current SF Mada + SF Mada
Option 2: headers in Zain, body in Guess What
Option 2 Zain + Guess What
Option 3: headers in Palestine, body in Guess What
Option 3 Palestine + Guess What

03 · The stamp poster

One message, set large

The longest headline block in the set. It shows how each header face holds up over five lines.

Current: headers in SF Mada, body in SF Mada
Current SF Mada + SF Mada
Option 2: headers in Zain, body in Guess What
Option 2 Zain + Guess What
Option 3: headers in Palestine, body in Guess What
Option 3 Palestine + Guess What

Copy used · for approval

The words on the mockups

لكلِّ حالٍ شاي، ولكلِّ شايٍ حال · notebook headline

تجربةٌ جديدة .. ونفسُ الحال · جلساتُ شاي للأهل والأصحاب · polaroid poster

تمهّل .. تذوّق .. استأنس · شايٌ مختصّ، ومكسّراتٌ محمّصة، ومجلسٌ يتّسع للجميع · arch poster

خذ وقتك تحت ضوء الشمس، مع شاي حال، على أصوله · leaf-grid poster

وين ما كنت، حال معك … راحتك هي حالنا دائماً · stamp poster

"Every cup keeps its own state of mind, and every state of mind has its tea." · notebook pull-quote