Italic Outline Art is a modern and Artistic Urdu font with a unique appearance that sets it apart. It was commissioned by Microsoft and developed by Platinum Technology 96. This font is available free to download, and you can also access it in MS Word without even installing it. It presents the perfect blend of modern and traditional designs. If you look carefully, it is clear that this typeface has a direct influence from Naskh and Diwani scripts. The font has a hollow Qalam writing style with an Italic structure. What makes this font more interesting is its complex terminals. Its circular end curls inwards, making the text more difficult to understand if used in a smaller size. Though, it is available only in single weight (regular) which in some ways limits its use and flexibility.
Italic Outline Art is a decorative stencil font with delicate, messy strokes, making it best suited for creative projects rather than long text. Due to its unstructured and hollow nature, the font’s legibility is low, especially when used for large blocks of text, making it better for short captions, logos, T-shirt designs, or posters where artistic flair is needed. It works well with multi-lingual projects, supporting languages such as Urdu, Arabic, Farsi, and Latin. The font’s wide letterforms have less space between them, resulting in a slightly condensed look with pointy edges. Its stencil-like design, with varying empty spaces within the letters, adds an edgy and raw aesthetic, perfect for creative posters or flyers. Unicode blocks include Private Use Area, Basic Latin, and Latin-1 Supplement. While visually appealing, Italic Outline Art’s decorative nature limits it to projects focused on artistic expression and short text applications.
