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Arabic Font Guide: Naskh, Kufi, Diwani & Modern Arabic Type

Understand Arabic font styles, shaping and how detectors classify them.

Naskh vs Kufi, ligatures, kashida — choose the right Arabic font for your context.

Arabic type blends calligraphy and modern design — classification helps you pick correctly.

Styles

Naskh (legible text), Kufi (geometric), Diwani (ornate), Ruqah (hand).

Arabic Font Detector tags style and previews shaping with sample Arabic.

This guide pairs with our detectors — no signup, runs locally where possible.

Detect Arabic typefaces with proper shaping, kashida and Naskh vs Kufi classification.

Browse every glyph, ligature and OpenType feature in a font file you upload.

Base family vs modifications — how to bridge custom logos to retail fonts.

A learning path: basics → analysis → action, with hands-on exercises.