Licensing & Commercial Use Summary
About This Font
Noto Naskh Arabic is a serif-style Arabic typeface designed by Monotype Design Team, David Williams, Mohamad Dakak, and Nizar Qandah. It is part of Google's Noto project and is licensed under the SIL Open Font License (OFL), making it free for both personal and commercial use. The font supports Arabic script (arab), Latin (latn), and English (en) characters, but does not include Chinese glyphs. Its elegant Naskh style is ideal for body text and long-form reading, offering a clean, readable appearance with traditional calligraphic proportions.
Key Features
- Traditional Naskh calligraphic style with serif-like strokes, not a sans-serif design
- Supports Arabic, Latin, and English scripts for multilingual projects
- Available in Regular, Bold, and Medium (中黑体) weights for typographic hierarchy
- Optimized for on-screen readability and print at various sizes
- Open-source OFL license allows free commercial use, modification, and redistribution
- Includes full Arabic character set with ligatures and diacritics
Recommended Use Cases
Font Information
- Font Family
- Noto Naskh Arabic
- Font Type
- Serif
- Designer
- Monotype Design Team, David Williams, Mohamad Dakak and Nizar Qandah
- Foundry
- Monotype Imaging Inc.
- License
- OFL
- File Formats
- TTF
- Font Weights
- Regular, Bold, Medium
- File Size
- 0.21 MB
- Release Date
- 2025-05-16
- Last Updated
- 2026-06-13
Copyright
Copyright 2022 The Noto Project Authors (https://github.com/notofonts/arabic) This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1. This license is available with a FAQ at: https://scripts.sil.org/OFL