Lorna | 21 January 2021

KNOWN ISSUES: There is a significant bug in spacing and kerning with this version of the font. We highly recommend upgrading to version 2.200.

Awami Nastaliq 2.100 is a maintenance release of the Awami Nastaliq font.

Changes to this font include:

  • Added four honorific ligatures
    • U+FDFA ARABIC LIGATURE SALLALLAHOU ALAYHEWASALLAM
    • U+FDFB ARABIC LIGATURE JALLAJALALOUHOU
    • U+FDFD ARABIC LIGATURE BISMILLAH AR-RAHMAN AR-RAHEEM
    • U+E003 ALAYHI AS-SALAAM
  • Added U+075A DAL WITH INVERTED SMALL V BELOW
  • Adjusted shapes of lam + alef combination, certain reh forms, medial heh goal + reh
  • Adjusted position of honorific diacritics
  • Added special ligature forms for three words
  • Added short forms of jeem+bariyeh, beh+qaf/waw, final jeem, final ain
  • Added wider form of jeem+kaf combination where needed
  • Improved alignment of kafs, alef, and bariyeh with the right margin
  • Improved kerning

Please do report bugs through the Support page.