2020: The Year in Review
We look back on the year that was, to recap the most notable things we have done here in AlefAlefAlef in 2020. Here we go: ☆...
And the 2019 Excellence Scholarship for Women goes to...
Graphic designer and illustrator Dar Laor won an excellence fellowship which includes an 8,000 ILS grant, a personal mentoring program, and a AlefAlefAlef font...
Israeli Font Designers - Part Three: Children of the Web
YaronimusIt seems as though the online revolution is complete. The internet has become almost as relevant and as much of a given as the...
6 Graphic Design Blogs in Hebrew That You Should Add to Your Favorites
Writing about graphic design can feel like a paradox. As graphic designers, most of us find inspiration in books, magazines, design galleries, and on...
Ploni and Ploni Yad – Twin Fonts
Avraham CornfeldPloni is a basic geometric, neutral sans font with full support in 146 Latin languages. Ploni Yad is a cheery and flashy Hebrew font...
A Graphic Tribute to Seventy Years of Israeli Cinema
Hen MacabiFor a while now, the thought of designing something in the style of 80s and 90s VHS covers has been running through my mind....
From Alef (א) to Fontimonim
Avraham CornfeldThis story begins with the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet. In early 2011, I assembled five super-talented independent font designers, and during Hanukkah...
What to Do in Tel Aviv? 16 Recommendations for Graphic Designers
Roy DalalYou haven't made a mistake, you're still in the Design Abroad section, and yes, we decided to write about Tel Aviv. Why? Because. Hibino A one-of-a-kind...
Jon Siva’s Collection of El Al Items
Romi Nicole SchneiderJon Siva, a student at the University of Coventry who’s pursuing a degree in aviation (naturally), collects all things related to Israeli airline El...
Rafael Frank - the Designer of the Most Common Hebrew Font in Print
Dedi CohenIn “The Headline” (Hebrew poem), the font that was used is Frank-Rühl. This is how Alterman seeks to describe the labor of the printing...
OpenType Features in Hebrew
Avraham CornfeldAdvanced fonts include OpenType features which allow you to design advanced typography and achieve design nuances with ligatures, alternate characters, special numerical characters, precise...
Anatomy of Hebrew Type
Avraham CornfeldIf we were to examine the differences between a serif font like FrankRuehl and a sans serif font like Almoni DL, the distinction would...