Ara Ahrar, designed to resemble barbed wire, was released on October 9, 2017, by ZakDesign. It symbolizes caution or prevention, drawing inspiration from the fencing used for containment. Designed by Zakariya Saleh and Abdullah Aref, this font features small pieces of sharply pointed wire twisted around at short intervals, adding a unique touch to its appearance. With 487 characters and 411 glyphs, the typeface supports Arabic, Latin, Urdu, and Persian languages, making it versatile for various design needs. Its thin font with decorative elements and delicate strokes gives it a distinctive look, albeit with potential legibility challenges at smaller sizes due to its delicate letterforms.
Despite offering only one weight, Ara Ahrar maintains consistency with its monospaced and even spacing. The font’s gentle, blunt corners and thin, pointy edges add to its aesthetic appeal. Suited for short textual blocks, it finds application in signs, cautionary symbols, posters, and banners, often symbolizing protest or conveying warnings. Its Unicode blocks encompass Basic Latin, Latin-1 Supplement, Latin Extended-A, Spacing Modifier Letters, Arabic, General Punctuation, Letterlike Symbols, Arabic Presentation Forms-A, and Arabic Presentation Forms-B, ensuring comprehensive language support and compatibility across various digital platforms.
