Mohamed Gaber
Mohamed Gaber is credited on seven families in the library. The first was added in 2016 and the latest in 2024. By class: four display faces, three sans serifs. Five are variable fonts. The most frequent co-credit is Jovanny Lemonad, on 1 family.
The familiesIn order of addition, each name set in its own outlines
El MessiriSans serif · 2016 · weights 400–700
LemonadaDisplay · 2016 · weights 300–700
CairoDisplay · 2019 · weights 200–1000
BlakaDisplay · 2022 · weights 400
Blaka HollowDisplay · 2022 · weights 400
AlexandriaSans serif · 2022 · weights 100–900
FustatSans serif · 2024 · weights 200–800
Range of the work
The lowercase runs from El Messiri, the shortest at 470 units per 1,000 em, to Lemonada at 601. In width, Blaka is the narrowest (422) and Lemonada the widest (656). Beyond Latin, the families cover three subsets: Arabic, Cyrillic, Vietnamese. Measured against the medians of their own classes, two of the seven families with ascenders have a taller x-height, two of all seven set a wider lowercase and four a darker one.
Against the class medianDifferences from the median of each family’s class, per 1,000 em; ink in percentage points
| Family | Class | x-height | Width | Ink | Weights | Subsets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lemonada | Display | +94 | +150 | −8 pts | 300–700 | 4 |
| Alexandria | Sans serif | +12 | +50 | +9 pts | 100–900 | 4 |
| Blaka | Display | −7 | −84 | +24 pts | 400 | 3 |
| Blaka Hollow | Display | −7 | −84 | +16 pts | 400 | 3 |
| Cairo | Display | −7 | −32 | −8 pts | 200–1000 | 3 |
| Fustat | Sans serif | −19 | −17 | +1 pts | 200–800 | 3 |
| El Messiri | Sans serif | −49 | −44 | ±0 pts | 400–700 | 4 |