IBM Plex Sans Arabic by Mike Abbink, Bold Monday, Khajag Apelian, Wael Morcos — Sans Serif Font — preview 11 / 3
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About IBM Plex Sans Arabic Font

IBM Plex™ is an international typeface family designed by Mike Abbink, IBM BX&D, in collaboration with Bold Monday, an independent Dutch type foundry. Plex was designed to capture IBM’s spirit and history, and to illustrate the unique relationship between mankind and machine—a principal theme for IBM since the turn of the century. The result is a neutral, yet friendly Grotesque style typeface that includes a Sans, Sans Condensed, Mono, Serif, and several other styles for several languages , and has excellent legibility in print, web and mobile interfaces. Plex’s three designs work well independently, and even better together. Use the Sans as a contemporary compadre, the Serif for editorial storytelling, or the Mono to show code snippets. The unexpectedly expressive nature of the italics give you even more options for your designs.

Style & Use Cases

Overall Style
Clean, Modern, Sans Serif
Use Case
Body Text, UI
Ideal For
branding, interfaces, and modern layouts
Pairs With
a contrasting serif for headings

IBM Plex Sans Arabic Specifications

Font FamilyIBM Plex Sans Arabic
StyleRegular
Full NameIBM Plex Sans Arabic Regular
Version1.101
Weight400 (Regular)
Glyph Count1706 glyphs
PostScript NameIBMPlexSansArabic-Regular
DesignerMike Abbink, Paul van der Laan, Pieter van Rosmalen, Wael Morcos, Khajak Apelian
FormatTTF (TrueType)
File Size230.4 KB

OpenType Features

IBM Plex Sans Arabic ships with 11 OpenType features you can switch on in apps that support them (Illustrator, InDesign, Affinity, Figma, CSS font-feature-settings).

  • Contextual alternates
  • Discretionary ligatures
  • Fractions
  • Standard ligatures
  • Ordinals
  • Stylistic alternates
  • Scientific inferiors
  • Subscripts
  • Superscripts
  • Slashed zero
  • Stylistic sets (6)

Languages Supported

IBM Plex Sans Arabic supports 270 languages.

How to Install IBM Plex Sans Arabic Font

Step-by-step instructions for every platform

  1. 1Download the IBM Plex Sans Arabic font file (.ttf or .otf).
  2. 2Locate the downloaded file in your Downloads folder.
  3. 3Right-click the font file.
  4. 4Select "Install" to install for the current user, or "Install for all users" to make it available system-wide.
  5. 5IBM Plex Sans Arabic is now available in Word, Photoshop, Illustrator, and all other apps.
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What pairs well with IBM Plex Sans Arabic Font?

IBM Plex Sans Arabic Font is a versatile sans-serif font that works for both headings and body text. Pair it with a contrasting serif or slab serif font to add visual interest and a clear distinction between titles and body copy.

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IBM Plex Sans Arabic Font

by Mike Abbink, Bold Monday, Khajag Apelian, Wael Morcos

Reviewed by the FontBoxDL team · Updated July 2026

License: Open Font License (OFL)
Free
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