Typography of the Arabic Alphabet System

Many archival and museum artifacts of print production published in Ufa, Kazan and Orenburg were typeset with Arabic fonts. Relying on these sources, the author of the article arrives at the conclusion that in the printing offi ces of the examined area the functions of the designers and layoutmakers were carried out by the mastertypesetter who was in command of the rules for fi ling a sheet. Here not only the skill and experience of the typesetter were revealed, but also his ability to follow the requisites of preservation of certain traditions. On the basis of the facts presented in the article, it is logical to assert that by the end of the 19th century there existed almost a century-long tradition of typographic culture in the aforementioned region.