Adobe Naskh, crafted by Muhammad Zuhair Ruhani Bazi and Robert Slimbach, is a regular Arabic typeface designed for elegant typography. The clean lines and balanced proportions create a sophisticated and formal aesthetic. It is a versatile font offering support for languages like Arabic, Latin, Greek, and symbol scripts to cater to various multilingual projects. With a large character set of 462 letters and symbols and 1150 glyphs, it offers comprehensive language support and typographic flexibility. The font features a medium weight and medium width, striking a balance between elegance and readability. Its Unicode blocks cover a wide range, from Basic Latin to Arabic Presentation Forms-A, ensuring compatibility with various text encoding standards. Released on January 16, 2021, Adobe Naskh is suitable for a numerous design application, including editorial design, branding, signage, and more.
The font type of this Arabic typeface is moderately thickened, featuring a regular appearance with sharp edges. Inspired by Naskh style calligraphy, it incorporates horizontal emphasis and slightly slanted edges that remind us of writing with a qalam. The letters have varying thicknesses throughout the letterform and maintain a solid stroke. With high legibility on screens, even at smaller sizes, it’s best suited for long textual blocks, thanks to its easy-to-understand appearance and moderate weight. This versatile font finds application in various contexts, such as books, newspapers, official documents, invitations, and more.
