Amiri
Google Fonts · Khaled Hosny · 2010
A beautifully crafted Naskh revival that brings classical Arabic typographic tradition to digital publishing.
About
Amiri is among the most accomplished Arabic typefaces available on Google Fonts, drawing on the tradition of Bulaq-style Naskh to produce a scholarly yet readable text face. Its accompanying Latin is carefully drawn to harmonise without mimicking the Arabic. It is the obvious choice for Arabic-language books, academic publications, and any project demanding authentic classical Arabic typography.
Classification
Amiri is a high-quality revival of the Naskh style of Arabic calligraphy with refined Latin accompaniment, offering authentic classical elegance and strong legibility for long-form Arabic text. It was inspired by the type of the early twentieth-century Bulaq Press in Cairo.