Speaker Niaz Mirmobini

Niaz Mirmobini holds an MA in Visual Communication Design from Islamic Azad University in Tehran (2018) and an MA in Reading Type & Typography from PXL-MAD School of Arts (2023). She was awarded a Mastermind Scholarship to support her studies abroad. Her project, When Ligatures Touch Literature, received recognition for its innovative approach.

In 2022, she completed an internship at READSEARCH, and in 2023-2024, she served as a research assistant under the supervision of Prof. Ann Bessemans. Her contributions focused on legibility research and multi-script typography, including the Expressive Typeface for Arabic Script project, which also received an award.

Currently, she is pursuing a PhD at READSEARCH—Hasselt University and PXL-MAD School of Arts. Her research explores Arabic ligatures as a design parameter within Latin disfluency theory, investigating their impact on reading comprehension and speed. She aims to define optimal difficulty levels across different typographic genres, bridging scientific research with typographic innovation to enhance text accessibility and engagement across scripts and cultures.