Lorna | 20 September 2022

Awami Nastaliq 3.000 is a major release of the Awami Nastaliq font.

Five fonts from this typeface family are now included in this release:

  • Awami Nastaliq Regular
  • Awami Nastaliq Medium
  • Awami Nastaliq SemiBold
  • Awami Nastaliq Bold
  • Awami Nastaliq ExtraBold

Changes

New

  • Added 4 weights — Medium, SemiBold, Bold, and ExtraBold
  • Added three characters:
    • U+08C8 ARABIC LETTER GRAF
    • U+069B ARABIC LETTER SEEN WITH THREE DOTS BELOW
    • U+069C ARABIC LETTER SEEN WITH THREE DOTS BELOW AND THREE DOTS ABOVE

Improved

  • Modified rules for forming the Allah ligature
  • Fixed a bug affecting the right margin
  • Fixed a problem with the behavior of the yeh with hamza
  • Added a short version of the final sad
  • Various improvements to beh/noon/teh/yeh forms
  • Collision fixes
  • Changed the default value of the short forms feature to use all short forms
  • Added a special form of khah+zabar+meem+jeem+heh-doachashmee to avoid excessive height
  • Flattened a couple of special ligatures
  • Changed dopesh to use 69 form consistently

Removed

  • Removed “Small nuqtas” feature

Both desktop and web fonts are provided in a single, all-platforms package on the Download Page.

Known issues

  • No known issues