Assaf, designed by Assaf S. Algarn, is a wide and streamlined bold Persian font. It was released on July 21, 2018, by ZakDesign and iskyfalcons font foundries. Drawing inspiration from the Naskh calligraphy, it includes modern elements such as slanted edges, a compact baseline, and horizontal emphasis, resulting in a visually striking typeface. With 243 characters and 239 glyphs, the font easily integrates into different design tools to fulfill many typographic needs. Moreover, it supports Arabic, Latin, Urdu, and Persian languages, ensuring versatility across typographic projects. Characterized by filled letters with consistent thickness and solid strokes, this font features blunt corners with contrasting sharp and wide edges, adding to its distinctive appearance.
It offers only one, limiting its practicality across different projects. The monospaced letter spacing of Assaf enhances legibility and readability, making it suitable for various design and formal writing applications. It is best suited for titles, headings, logos, and branding purposes, thanks to its bold and impactful aesthetic. While it can perfectly convey messages in long text passages, its bold appearance makes it particularly well-suited for shorter texts. Assaf maintains high legibility even at smaller resolutions, supported by Unicode blocks such as Basic Latin, Latin-1 Supplement, Arabic, General Punctuation, Arabic Presentation Forms-A, and -B, ensuring compatibility across different digital platforms.
