Callenges to the use of persian script in the design of the mobile gaming interface

Subject Areas : Media Management

Behrooz Minaei ¹ , Elham Azarbarzin ² , Parisa Alikhani ³

1 - Iran University of Science & Technology
2 - Art University of Tabriz
3 - Art University

Received: 1970-01-01 Accepted : 1970-01-01 Published : 2019-05-22

Keywords: mobile game, user interface design, font &amp, logo design, Persian fonts, typeface,

Abstract :

Today, mobile games are used by all segments of the community, and all of them have different sections that need to be written with fonts, design logos and typeface. It should be noted that the use of the Persian fonts will apply its own strengths and weaknesses to the design; therefore, to create a proper design of logos and typeface, along with the attention to the principles of the user interface, the special features of the Persian fonts have also been considered. In this research, which has been conducted through a library and field study among 38 successful mobile games in Iran, and concluded through descriptive-analytic method, the authors concluded that observance of two principles of variable and cadastral design in the design of fonts and the choice of typeface It is important for the Persian fonts. Constant principles include the attention to formalistic and narrative principles in designing fonts and typeface, paying attention to the function of logos and legibility, and the role of informing about the nature of the game, beauty and visual appearance, attention to responsive design principles and observance of cultural and population principles Cognitive And the principle of the variable, which is unique to the Persian fonts, includes the recognition of the visual characteristics of the Persian font, the attention to the weight of the fonts, the identity of the letters, the way of joining, the thickness,