Ara Assaf is a bold and elegant Arabic font designed by Zakariya Saleh and Abdullah Aref and released by ZakDesign. Inspired by Naskh’s calligraphy, it includes a modern design influence, featuring subtle slants and an uncluttered appearance. With 487 characters and 411 glyphs, Ara Assaf offers comprehensive language support for Arabic, Latin, Urdu, and Persian, ensuring versatility across various design projects. Its bold and consistent thickness, along with solid and impactful strokes, maintains high legibility even at smaller sizes. However, it is available only in single weight, limiting its use and flexibility.
It’s monospaced, and even spacing enhances readability, complemented by blunt corners and thin terminals, adding to its visual elegance. Best suited for short textual blocks as the text would look a little condensed and make it hard to read for longer periods. Moreover, Ara Assaf finds applications in headers, headlines, book covers, posters, formal documents, branding, and tech logos, where its bold and elegant appearance makes a statement. 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.
