Speaker Aida Sakkal

Aida Sakkal works at Sakkal Design alongside Dr. Mamoun Sakkal as an authority in all font things technical. She specializes in developing and programming font systems that model the artistic tendencies of beautifully handwritten calligraphy. With a BS degree in Computer Science from the University of Washington, Sakkal’s other focus is on developing tools to aid and automate the font creation process. She has worked with OpenType since 2001 and is involved in the growth and advancement of the format and its application to Arabic fonts.