Pashtu Kandahar is a bold and regular Urdu font released by Khpala Pashtu Inc. on May 25, 2011. Designed by Abdur Rauf Mahsood, this font draws inspiration from the Naskh script, featuring wide letterforms with slanted edges and denser but soft curves, accompanied by small zero spaces. Also, the font offers an extensive list of 561 characters and special symbols with a glyph count of 591. Furthermore, it offers a large language support, including Arabic, Latin, Greek, Tibetan, Urdu, and more. Its Unicode blocks cover Basic Latin, Latin-1 Supplement, Latin Extended-A, Arabic Presentation Forms, and many others, ensuring compatibility across various text systems and languages.
The font maintains a thick and almost constant thickness throughout, with strong and impactful strokes, enhancing legibility, especially on screens. Despite offering only one font weight, this font excels in long texts due to its simple outlook, which makes them easier to read and understand. Pashtu Kandahar has a high level of legibility on screen, making it suitable for a variety of applications such as headings, book covers, branding and logos, t-shirt designs, and more. Its thick, regular font with plain and soft letterforms and blunt corners gives it a smooth and welcoming feel, adding warmth and clarity to any text it adorns.
