An Arabic speaking translator and web content-producer recently told me The state of web support for Arabic and other right-to-left language speakers has historically been so poor, that making efforts to properly display their language can create an exceptionally delightful experience for the users. In the course of development for a multi-language website, I’ve had the wonderful opportunity to explore some of the ways to create “delightful experiences” for these users, mostly focusing on font-selection and typography, and page layout. Font choice and Typography System Fonts The fonts used on the web for Arabic are unfortunately still limited to the default Ariel, Verdana, Tahoma and most of the time the font used is Tahoma because it is the most legible on the web.
A Thuluth Font Arabic. A Thuluth is a regular Arabic font with a bright green background, the dots are also colored in contrast to the background. Full Details & Download. Bahij Myriad Arabic Font. Bahij Myriad Arabic Font is designed by Abdul Hamid Bahij; the font is a regular type Arabic font, and the font is free for personal use.
– Web Fonts Although there are many beautiful Arabic fonts (from calligraphic to modern), the selection of web-font choice is limited. While latin web-fonts are widely available from Google Fonts, Typekit, and other similar services — Arabic fonts are only currently (April 2014) available in. This program showcases fonts that Google will consider mainstreaming with their other Web Fonts, if they are popular and get enough usage. Therefore, fonts in this program have no guarantee of long-term availability.
Many fonts are available from the Early Access program, the following is a curated list with previews of Arabic Fonts. Because of possible limited availability, I’ve provided the previews in image format.
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