Substrate

A working library of design, type, and visual culture.

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Lyon Arabic is the new counterpart of a Commercial Type favourite, informed by Naskh and Nastaliq scripts

Vintage Arab cassette tapes inspired Sometimes Always’ fiery identity for Fouta Harissa

A poster dedicated to the governor of the Klaipėda region Jonas Budrys, Lithuania

Mohamad Abdouni on documenting an “important time in Arab queer culture”

The 6th Congress of the Lithuanian Communist Youth (Vilnius, 1951)

Manuscript Leaves from an Arabic Manuscript

Delicious New identity for Lithuanian restaurant of wonders

Riga-based illustrator Roberts Rurans on the evolution of his lively style

We Will Not Allow War - Soviet-Era Propaganda Poster - Museum of Occupations - Tallinn - Estonia (35225645514)

Why minimalist aesthetics (smuggled in as the language of progress) are stifling truly Arab design

Malou Messien on her obsession with display type, secondhand book covers and Estonian design

Indulge in the dreamy world of a chocolate factory in the Lithuanian woodlands

Thomas Milo Showing How to Render an Arabic Typeface Digitized

Poster. Latvia. Proletarian of all countries unite!

Poster 'Pirmoji labdaringoji lietuvių loterija' (The First Lithuanian Charity Lottery) by Vytautas Bičiūnas (1918)

1940. Latvia. Poster. Vote for the Workers' Block

Turbo’s identity for the Lesser Amman Library is a masterclass in the potential of Arabic type

We dive into a new archive of over 1,000 book covers from the Arab world

Type foundry Boharat Cairo on the vast possibilities of Arabic type design

1940.Latvia.Poster. Vote for the people's labor bloc

Beautifully approachable design from Latvian creative Zigmunds Lapsa

Updates from Zigmunds Lapsa, our very favourite Latvian book designer

Introducing Aiste Bileviciute a Lithuanian illustrator with bags of talent

James Stuart is railing against boring design with techniques inspired by the spirit of Arabic hardcore music

Soldiers of the Lithuanian People's Army holding the Soviet propaganda posters in 1940

Matchbox label - Hand Pointing at Flame - Lithuania (circa 1940s) - MBP1406822490

Active Arab Women: Lara Al-Hadeedi records the determination of sporting Kuwaiti women

"It looks just the same as when I was a kid": Kristen Dobbin's oddly-timeless images of a Canadian-Estonian summer camp

Arab Organisation for Human Rights in the UK logo

By the union of Arabs — Algerian poster

Samar Maakaroun’s visual identity for The Mosaic Rooms challenges reductive narratives around Arab identities

Lee Mawdsley shoots Qatar for CBQ and make us want to emigrate, fast.

Album: Arab

Araberreich und Nachbargebiete: Bevölkerung. (Arab empire and neighboring areas: population).

Arabic and Latin typography don’t have to mimic each other to be harmonious says Montasser Drissi

The View From Cairo: how Helmi Eltouni’s al-Hilal book covers carved a modern Arab aesthetic

Brilliant Lacombe sisters' show Hey'Ya featuring Arab sportswomen opens in London

Anti-Russian Empire poster in the Lithuanian language, urging to defend the Catholic faith, 1862

Logo BBC Arabic

20181223 152145 National History Museum of Latvia in Riga. Stalin's portraits

On the Estonian islands of Kihnu and Manija, Anne Helene Gjelstad beautifully photographs its older women

Poster "Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia". 1934

Mozaika explores a spectacular archive of Lithuanian children’s book illustration, and its cultural significance

Poster Jubiläums-Ausstellung Riga 1901

Matchbox label - Water Polo - Lithuania (circa 1940s) - MBP1488411505

Estonia-based studio AKU creates a tropical identity for a music festival

Stalinist Propaganda Magazine - Memorial Museum Adjacent to Ninth Fort - Nazi Genocide Site - Kaunas - Lithuania (27885145906) (2)

“I am trying to show what home looks like for me”: Illustrator Dom Campistron shines a light on queer stories from Basque culture

More terrific editorial illustration from Lithuania's Karolis Strautniekas

Matchbox label - Theatrical Masks - Lithuania (circa 1940s) - MBP1612867094

Nazi propaganda poster in Lithuania

Nazi Lithuanian poster

What’s in store for the future of Arabic visual culture? Archief Cairo on communicating across borders

From Rihanna at Barnbrook Studios, to a queer Arab archive: Marwan Kaabour’s graphic design is incredibly bold

Wikifunctions logo Arabic horizontal in colour

Wikimedia Meta-Wiki logo Arabic vertical in black

WWII Arabic Poster Boeing B-29 Superfortress

Wikiversity logo Arabic vertical in black

Wikimedia logo Arabic horizontal in colour

Wikiquote logo Arabic horizontal in colour

Wikimedia Foundation logo Arabic horizontal in white

Logo Qatar National Bank

Wikivoyage logo Arabic horizontal in white

Wikimedia Meta-Wiki logo Arabic horizontal in colour

Wikimedia Foundation logo Arabic vertical in black

Wikiversity logo Arabic horizontal in black

Wikimedia Meta-Wiki logo Arabic vertical in colour

Wikidata logo Arabic vertical in white

Logo-ip-Vilnius

Poster Helmsing & Grimm Riga

Latvia World War II Aircraft Insignia - Newsmap Vol 2 No 22 1943-09-20 US Government National Archives NARA Unrestricted Public domain 26-nm-2-22-overseas 002 (cropped)

Wikimedia Meta-Wiki logo Arabic horizontal in black

Wikifunctions logo Arabic vertical in white

Wikinews logo Arabic horizontal in colour

Wikimedia Movement logo Arabic vertical in white

Wikimedia logo Arabic horizontal in white

Wikimedia Incubator logo Arabic vertical in colour

Arabic Global Open Educational Resources (OER) Logo blackandwhite

MediaWiki logo Arabic vertical in colour

Wikiquote logo Arabic vertical in colour