We are very pleased to announce a new release of Scheherazade New, an Arabic script font designed in the traditional Naskh style.

Changes

This release includes the following changes for this version:

New

  • Added:
    • 20C1 SAUDI RIYAL SIGN

Improved

  • Improved kerning in the context of madda above:
    • U+067C ARABIC LETTER TEH WITH RING
    • U+0751 ARABIC LETTER BEH WITH DOT BELOW AND THREE DOTS ABOVE
    • U+0754 ARABIC LETTER BEH WITH TWO DOTS BELOW AND DOT ABOVE
    • U+08BE ARABIC LETTER PEH WITH SMALL V

Known issues

  • Shaping for the newly added characters may not yet occur in applications
  • Medial and final high hamza characters may have collisions (these likely do not occur)
  • Lam + high hamza alef ligature does not form as it likely does not occur
  • In InDesign: some behaviors, such as the lam-alef ligature, raised kasra with shadda, and subtending marks, will not function correctly unless Ligatures is turned on in the Characters panel.

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