Urdu Font Collection

Urdu Fonts – Part 3

February 15th, 2011 Posted in Urdu Fonts

	Aleem Urdu Unicode [ show all samples ] (Aleem Urdu Unicode.ttf) Note: Urdu glyphs used for Eastern Arabic-Indic digits (U+06F0 – U+06F9). Contains no European digits (U+0030 – U+0039). Source: Free download from Deutsche Welle. Stats: Version 2.00 December 17, 2004 has 326 glyphs and 7 kerning pairs Support: Arabic script (Arabic, Persian, Shahmukhi, Urdu) OpenType Layout Tables: Arabic
	Arabic Typesetting [ show all samples ] (arabtype.volt.ttf) Note: Includes VOLT tables. Source: Available from the Microsoft VOLT users community. Once you sign up, download the “Volt supplemental files” self-extracting archive (voltsupplementalfiles.exe) listed under “What’s New”. A later, more complete version comes with Microsoft Office Proofing Tools 2003. Stats: Version 0.3 2001 has 1,901 glyphs and no kerning pairs Support: Arabic script (Arabic, Ajami, Azeri, Balochi, Berber, Brahui, Kazakh, Kirghiz Kurdish, Jawi, Pashto, Persian, Shahmukhi, Sindhi, Uighur, Urdu, Uzbek), Latin OpenType Layout Tables: Arabic (default, zz01)
	Arial [ show all samples ] (arial.ttf, arialbd.ttf, arialbi.ttf and ariali.ttf) Source: Supplied with the Windows XP SP2 (service pack 2) update. Older versions were supplied with various Microsoft products and the Smart package of Microsoft’s core fonts project. Stats: Version 3.00 has 1,674 glyphs and 909 kerning pairs Support: Arabic script (Arabic, Ajami, Azeri, Balochi, Berber, Brahui, Kazakh, Kirghiz Kurdish, Lahnda, Jawi, Pashto, Persian, Shahmukhi, Sindhi, Uighur, Urdu, Uzbek), Cyrillic (Russian plus other Slavic and non-Slavic languages), Greek, Hebrew, Latin, Vietnamese. Warning: Versions prior to 3.00 supported only the Arabic letters used for Arabic and Persian languages. OpenType Layout Tables: Arabic (default, MAR)
	Arial Unicode MS [ show all samples ] (arialuni.ttf) Source: Comes with Microsoft’s Office 2000, FrontPage 2000, Office XP and Publisher 2002. Stats: Version 1.00 has 50,377 glyphs and no kerning pairs Support: Arabic script (Arabic, Balochi, Persian, Shahmukhi, Urdu), Armenian, Cyrillic (all or most of range), Devanagari, Georgian (Mkhedruli and Asomtavruli), Greek (including polytonic and Coptic characters), Gurmukhi, Hebrew, IPA, Japanese (Hiragana, Katakana, Kanji/Han Ideographs), Kannada, Korean (Hangul only), Latin, Tamil, Thai, Vietnamese OpenType Layout Tables: Arabic (default, Farsi, Urdu), Devanagari, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Han Ideographic (default, Japanese, Chinese simplified, Chinese traditional), Kana (default, Japanese), Kannada, Korean, Tamil
	Art fonts [ show all samples ] Fonts shown: Bold Italic Art (blditlar.ttf) Italic Outline Art (itloutar.ttf) Source: Free download of the Arabic font pack from Microsoft (arafonts.exe). Click the download button (marked تحميل) to the left of the filename. Support: Arabic script (Arabic, Persian, Shahmukhi, Urdu) OpenType Layout Tables: Arabic (…)
	BPG Glaho Arial V5 Big [ show all samples ] (BPG_Glaho_Arial_V5_big.ttf) Note: There is also a BPG-specific font called “Arial Unicode MS” (BPG_Glaho_Arial_Unicode_MS_V5.ttf) with similar Unicode range support as BPG Glaho Arial V5 Big. Source: Free download from either the shavlego file area or the bpgfonts file area. Stats: Version 3.00 has 1,757 glyphs and 1,172 kerning pairs Support: Arabic script (Arabic, Ajami, Azeri, Balochi, Berber, Brahui, Kashmiri, Kazakh, Kirghiz Kurdish, Lahnda, Jawi, Pashto, Persian, Shahmukhi, Sindhi, Uighur, Urdu, Uzbek), Cyrillic (Russian plus other Slavic and non-Slavic languages), Georgian (Mkhedruli), Greek, Hebrew, Latin, Vietnamese OpenType Layout Tables: Arabic (…), Latin
	Code2000 [ show all samples ] (code2000.ttf) Source: Download this shareware font ($5) from James Kass’s webpage. Stats: Version 1.16 has 61,864 glyphs and 239 kerning pairs Support: Arabic script (Arabic, Baluchi, Kirghiz, Persian, Shahmukhi, Sindhi, Uighur, Urdu, Uzbek), Armenian, Bengali, Braille, Canadian Syllabics (all syllabaries, all characters), Cherokee, Chinese (Bopomofo only, including Extended), Cirth, Coptic, Cyrillic (all or most of range), Devanagari, Ethiopic (including supplement and extended blocks), Ewellic, Georgian (Mkhedruli and Asomtavruli), Greek (including polytonic and Coptic characters), Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Hebrew, IPA, Japanese (Hiragana, Katakana, Kanji/Han Ideographs including Extension A), Klingon, Korean (Hangul only), Lao, Latin, Limbu, Mongolian, N’Ko, Ogham, Phaistos, Runic, Syriac, Tamil, Telugu, Tengwar, Thaana, Thai, Tifinagh, Vietnamese, Yi OpenType Layout Tables: Arabic, Armenian, Bengali, Buhid, Cyrillic, Devanagari, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Han Ideographic, Hangul, Hangul Jamo, Hebrew, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Latin, Malayalam, Mongolian, Myanmar, N’Ko, Tamil, Telugu, Thai
	Diwani fonts [ show all samples ] Fonts shown: Diwani Letter (diwanltr.ttf) Diwani Bent (diwanbnt.ttf) Source: Free download of the Arabic font pack from Microsoft (arafonts.exe). Click the download button (marked تحميل) to the left of the filename. Support: Arabic script (Arabic, Persian, Urdu) OpenType Layout Tables: Arabic
	Diwani outline fonts [ show all samples ] Fonts shown: Diwani Simple Outline (dwnspout.ttf) Diwani Simple Outline 2 (dwnsh2.ttf) Diwani Simple Striped (dwnspstr.ttf) Diwani Outline Shaded (dwnoutsh.ttf) Source: Free download of the Arabic font pack from Microsoft (arafonts.exe). Click the download button (marked تحميل) to the left of the filename. Support: Arabic script (Arabic, Persian, Urdu) OpenType Layout Tables: Arabic (…)
	Farsi Simple fonts [ show all samples ] Fonts shown: Farsi Simple Bold (frsspbl.ttf) Farsi Simple Outline (frsspout.ttf) Source: Free download of the Arabic font pack from Microsoft (arafonts.exe). Click the download button (marked تحميل) to the left of the filename. Support: Arabic script (Arabic, Persian, Urdu) OpenType Layout Tables: Arabic
	Lateef [ show all samples ] (LateefRegOT.ttf) Source: Free download from SIL International’s Arabic script Unicode font page. Stats: Version 1.0rc1 build 117/117 has 1,147 glyphs and no kerning pairs Support: Arabic script (Arabic, Ajami, Azeri, Balochi, Berber, Brahui, Kashmiri, Kazakh, Kirghiz Kurdish, Lahnda, Jawi, Parkari, Pashto, Persian, Shahmukhi, Sindhi, Uighur, Urdu, Uzbek; Also includes letters in the “Arabic Supplement” block), Latin OpenType Layout Tables: Arabic (default, Kurdish, Sindhi, Urdu), Latin
	Led Italic Font [ show all samples ] (leditfnt.ttf) Note: Sample shown in italics. Source: Free download of the Arabic font pack from Microsoft (arafonts.exe). Click the download button (marked تحميل) to the left of the filename. Stats: Version 2.03 has 395 glyphs and no kerning pairs Support: Arabic script (Arabic, Persian, Shahmukhi, Urdu) OpenType Layout Tables: Arabic
	Microsoft Sans Serif [ show all samples ] (micross.ttf) Source: Supplied with Windows XP SP2 (service pack 2). Older versions were supplied with Windows XP and Windows 2000. Stats: Version 1.41 has 2,257 glyphs and no kerning pairs Support: Arabic script (Arabic, Ajami, Azeri, Balochi, Berber, Brahui, Kazakh, Kirghiz Kurdish, Lahnda, Jawi, Pashto, Persian, Shahmukhi, Sindhi, Uighur, Urdu, Uzbek), Cyrillic (all or most of range), Greek (including polytonic and Coptic characters), Hebrew, Latin (basic and beyond), Thai, Vietnamese Warning: IPA, Greek polytonic, Greek Coptic, and many Cyrillic characters were only added with version 1.41. OpenType Layout Tables: Arabic (default, MAR)
	Nafees Naskh [ show all samples ] (Nafees Naskh.ttf) Note: Uses Urdu-style glyphs for Eastern Arabic-Indic (U+06F0 – U+06F9) and European (U+0030 – U+0039) digits. Contains no Arabic-Indic digits (U+0660 – U+0669). Source: Free download from the Center for Research in Urdu Language Processing (CRULP). Stats: Version 002.000 has 581 glyphs and no kerning pairs Support: Arabic script (Arabic, Persian, Shahmukhi, Urdu) OpenType Layout Tables: Arabic
	Nafees Nastaleeq [ show all samples ] (Nafees Nastaleeq.ttf) Note: Uses Urdu-style glyphs for Eastern Arabic-Indic (U+06F0 – U+06F9) and European (U+0030 – U+0039) digits. Contains no Arabic-Indic digits (U+0660 – U+0669). Source: Free download from the Center for Research in Urdu Language Processing (CRULP). Stats: Version 001.001 has 980 glyphs and no kerning pairs Support: Arabic script (Persian, Urdu) OpenType Layout Tables: Arabic
	Nafees Pakistani Naskh [ show all samples ] (Nafees_Pakistani_Naskh.ttf) Note: Uses Urdu style glyphs for Eastern Arabic-Indic (U+06F0 – U+06F9) and European (U+0030 – U+0039) digits. Source: Free download from the Center for Research in Urdu Language Processing (CRULP). Stats: Version 002.000 has 745 glyphs and no kerning pairs Support: Arabic script (Arabic, Azeri, Balochi, Pashto, Persian, Shahmukhi, Sindhi, Urdu) OpenType Layout Tables: Arabic
	Nafees Web Naskh [ show all samples ] (NafeesWeb.ttf) Note: Urdu glyphs used for Eastern Arabic-Indic digits (U+06F0 – U+06F9). No Arabic-Indic digits (U+0660 – U+0669). Source: Free download from the Center for Research in Urdu Language Processing (CRULP). Stats: Version 1.2 has 328 glyphs and no kerning pairs Support: Arabic script (Arabic, Persian, Shahmukhi, Urdu), Latin OpenType Layout Tables: Arabic (default, zz01)
	Old Antic fonts [ show all samples ] Fonts shown: Old Antic Bold (oldanbld.ttf) Old Antic Decorative (oldandec.ttf) Old Antic Outline (oldanout.ttf) Old Antic Outline Shaded (oldoutsh.ttf) Source: Free download of the Arabic font pack from Microsoft (arafonts.exe). Click the download button (marked تحميل) to the left of the filename. Support: Arabic script (Arabic, Persian, Shahmukhi, Urdu) OpenType Layout Tables: Arabic
	PakType Naqsh [ show all samples ] (PakType Naqsh 2.2.ttf) Style is handwritten. Source: Free download from the Pakistani Typography (PakType) Project. Stats: Version 2.2 has 1,849 glyphs and no kerning pairs Support: Arabic script (Arabic, Ajami, Azeri, Balochi, Berber, Brahui, Kashmiri, Kazakh, Kirghiz Kurdish, Lahnda, Jawi, Parkari, Pashto, Persian, Shahmukhi, Sindhi, Uighur, Urdu, Uzbek), IPA, Latin, Vietnamese OpenType Layout Tables: Arabic
	PakType Tehreer [ show all samples ] (PakType-Tehreer1.3.ttf) Source: Free download from the Pakistani Typography (PakType) Project. Stats: Version 1.3 has 869 glyphs and 480 kerning pairs Support: Arabic script (Arabic, Ajami, Azeri, Balochi, Berber, Brahui, Kashmiri, Kazakh, Kirghiz Kurdish, Lahnda, Jawi, Parkari, Pashto, Persian, Shahmukhi, Sindhi, Uighur, Urdu, Uzbek; Also includes letters in the “Arabic Supplement” block) OpenType Layout Tables: Arabic (default, Sindhi, Urdu)
	PT Bold fonts [ show all samples ] Fonts shown: PT Bold Heading (ptbldhad.ttf) PT Bold Mirror (ptbldmrr.ttf) PT Simple Bold Ruled (spbldrul.ttf) PT Bold Broken (ptbldbrk.ttf) PT Bold Dusky (ptblddsk.ttf) PT Bold Stars (ptblsstr.ttf) Source: Free download of the Arabic font pack from Microsoft (arafonts.exe). Click the download button (marked تحميل) to the left of the filename. Support: Arabic script (Arabic, Persian, Shahmukhi, Urdu) OpenType Layout Tables: Arabic (default, zz01)
	PT Bold Arch [ show all samples ] (ptbldarc.ttf) Source: Free download of the Arabic font pack from Microsoft (arafonts.exe). Click the download button (marked تحميل) to the left of the filename. Stats: Version 2.03 has 395 glyphs and no kerning pairs Support: Arabic script (Arabic, Persian, Shahmukhi, Urdu) OpenType Layout Tables: Arabic
	PT Separated Baloon [ show all samples ] (ptsepbal.ttf) Note: Arabic glyphs used for European digits (U+0030 – U+0039). Source: Free download of the Arabic font pack from Microsoft (arafonts.exe). Click the download button (marked تحميل) to the left of the filename. Stats: Version 2.03 has 395 glyphs and no kerning pairs Support: Arabic script (Arabic, Persian, Shahmukhi, Urdu) OpenType Layout Tables: Arabic (default, zz01)
	Riwaj [ show all samples ] (Riwaj.ttf) Note: Contains no European digits (U+0030 – U+0039). Source: Free download from the Hifazat e Quran site. Stats: Version 1.1 has 581 glyphs and no kerning pairs Support: Arabic script (Arabic, Ajami, Azeri, Balochi, Berber, Brahui, Kashmiri, Kazakh, Kirghiz Kurdish, Lahnda, Jawi, Pashto, Persian, Shahmukhi, Sindhi, Uighur, Urdu, Uzbek) OpenType Layout Tables: Arabic
	Scheherazade [ show all samples ] (ScheherazadeRegOT.ttf) Source: Free download from SIL International’s Arabic script Unicode font page. Stats: Version 1.0rc1 build 117/117 has 1,197 glyphs and no kerning pairs Support: Arabic script (Arabic, Ajami, Azeri, Balochi, Berber, Brahui, Kashmiri, Kazakh, Kirghiz Kurdish, Lahnda, Jawi, Parkari, Pashto, Persian, Shahmukhi, Sindhi, Uighur, Urdu, Uzbek; Also includes letters in the “Arabic Supplement” block), Latin OpenType Layout Tables: Arabic (default, Kurdish, Sindhi, Urdu)
	Simple Bold Jut Out [ show all samples ] (spbldjut.ttf) Source: Free download of the Arabic font pack from Microsoft (arafonts.exe). Click the download button (marked تحميل) to the left of the filename. Stats: Version 2.03 has 395 glyphs and no kerning pairs Support: Arabic script (Arabic, Persian, Shahmukhi, Urdu) OpenType Layout Tables: Arabic (default, zz01)
	Simple Indust fonts [ show all samples ] Fonts shown: Simple Indust Outline (spindout.ttf) Simple Indust Shaded (spindshd.ttf) Source: Free download of the Arabic font pack from Microsoft (arafonts.exe). Click the download button (marked تحميل) to the left of the filename. Support: Arabic script (Arabic, Persian, Shahmukhi, Urdu) OpenType Layout Tables: Arabic (default, zz01)
	Simple Outline Pat [ show all samples ] (spoutpat.ttf) Source: Free download of the Arabic font pack from Microsoft (arafonts.exe). Click the download button (marked تحميل) to the left of the filename. Stats: Version 2.03 has 395 glyphs and no kerning pairs Support: Arabic script (Arabic, Persian, Shahmukhi, Urdu) OpenType Layout Tables: Arabic (default, zz01)
	Tahoma [ show all samples ] (tahoma.ttf and tahomabd.ttf) Source: Comes with Microsoft’s Windows XP and Windows 2000. Stats: Version 3.14 has 2,034 glyphs and 674 kerning pairs Support: Arabic script (Arabic, Ajami, Azeri, Balochi, Berber, Brahui, Kazakh, Kirghiz Kurdish, Lahnda, Jawi, Pashto, Persian, Shahmukhi, Sindhi, Uighur, Urdu, Uzbek), Cyrillic (Russian plus other Slavic and non-Slavic languages), Greek (including polytonic), Hebrew, Latin, Thai, Vietnamese OpenType Layout Tables: Arabic
	Times New Roman [ show all samples ] (times.ttf, timesbd.ttf, timesbi.ttf and timesi.ttf) Source: Supplied with the Windows XP SP2 (service pack 2) update. Older versions were supplied with various Microsoft products and the Smart package of Microsoft’s core fonts project. Stats: Version 3.00 has 1,674 glyphs and 867 kerning pairs Support: Arabic script (Arabic, Ajami, Azeri, Balochi, Berber, Brahui, Kazakh, Kirghiz Kurdish, Lahnda, Jawi, Pashto, Persian, Shahmukhi, Sindhi, Uighur, Urdu, Uzbek), Cyrillic (Russian plus other Slavic and non-Slavic languages), Greek, Hebrew, Latin, Vietnamese. Warning: Versions prior to 3.00 supported only the Arabic letters used for Arabic and Persian languages. OpenType Layout Tables: Arabic (default, MAR)
	Urdu Naskh Asiatype [ show all samples ] (asunaskh.ttf) Note: Uses Urdu style glyphs for Arabic-Indic digits (U+0660 – U+0669). Contains no European (U+0030 – U+0039) nor Eastern Arabic-Indic (U+06F0 – U+06F9) digits. Source: Free download from UrduLife. Stats: Version 2.3 Jan2002 has 306 glyphs and no kerning pairs Support: Arabic script (Arabic, Persian, Shahmukhi, Urdu) OpenType Layout Tables: Arabic