Ara Hamah 1964 R is designed by Nabil MRAD, a font designer from Hamah, Syrian Arab Republic. It a modern and regular-style Arabic font, released on 2016-06-22. While not calligraphic, it adheres to Arabic scripting language rules, featuring a compact baseline and horizontal emphasis for a blend of tradition and modernity. Manufactured by iSktFalConS and ZakDesign, it supports Arabic, Latin, Urdu, and Persian languages, ensuring broad applicability in typographic projects. The font, with 344 characters and 335 glyphs, maintains uniform thickness and striking, solid strokes for enhanced legibility and impact. Moreover, this font is available in 3 different weights, increasing its ability to adapt according to changing design needs. These weights are:
- Ara Hamah 1964 R Regular
- Ara Hamah 1964 R Regular Light
- Ara Hamah 1964 R Bold
One thing worth mentioning about this font is that it has a bold counterpart with almost the same technical specifications as Ara Hamah 1964 B. The monospaced letter spacing ensures consistency and readability, and it is suitable for both short and long texts. Moreover, Ara Hamah 1964 B features soft, rounded corners and wide, elongated terminals with circular zero spaces, adding a soft effect to its design. Whether used for titles, headings, logos, or branding posters and covers, this font offers a balanced typographic solution. Supported Unicode blocks include Basic Latin, Latin-1 Supplement, Arabic, General Punctuation, Arabic Presentation Forms-A, and Arabic Presentation Forms-B, expanding its usability across platforms.
