Ramadan-inspired typography by Kenzi Benabdallah

With the many branches of Stoptober currently encompassing the social media feeds of our nearest and dearest, the notion of resistance is in full swing. For Muslims, the month of Ramadan is a lunar-based 30-day fast in which food and drink are consumed pre-daybreak and after sunset and other behaviour such as smoking, swearing, sex and many other sinful activities are forbidden.

Algerian-born and Berlin-based Art Director Kenzi Benabdallah decided to use the month of Ramadan as inspiration for an inspired typography project to highlight the difficulty with which he found refraining from certain activities in the young, wild city of Berlin. The typeface, entitled Haram, is a well-designed project which sees the designer create one letter to represent each of his desires. In his words: “The alphabet of forbidden Muslim sins was my way to prosperity without resisting the desires of 2014 seductive Berlin.” Fantastic!