Noto Naskh Arabic UI by Google — Serif Font — preview 11 / 3
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About Noto Naskh Arabic UI Font

Noto Naskh Arabic UI is a modulated (“serif”) Naskh design for app and website user interfaces in the Middle Eastern Arabic script. Noto Naskh Arabic UI has multiple weights, contains 1,597 glyphs, 12 OpenType features, and supports 1,122 characters from 6 Unicode blocks: Arabic Presentation Forms-A, Arabic, Arabic Presentation Forms-B, Arabic Supplement, Arabic Extended-A, Basic Latin. Supported writing systems Arabic Arabic ( العربية ) is a Middle Eastern abjad, written right-to-left (660 million users). 2nd- or 3rd-most used script in the world. Used for the Arabic language since the 4th century, and for many other languages, often in Islamic countries or communities in Asia, Africa and the Middle East, like Persian, Uyghur, Kurdish, Punjabi, Sindhi, Balti, Balochi, Pashto, Lurish, Urdu, Kashmiri, Rohingya, Somali, Mandinka, Kazakh (in China), Kurdish, or Azeri (in Iran). Was used for Turkish until 1928. Includes 28 basic consonant letters for the Arabic language, plus additional letters for other languages. Some letters represent a consonant or a long vowel, while short vowels are optionally written with diacritics. Variants include Kufi with a very simplified structure, the widely-used Naskh calligraphic variant, and the highly cursive Nastaliq used mainly for Urdu. Needs software support for complex text layout (shaping). Read more on ScriptSource , Unicode , Wikipedia , Wiktionary , r12a .

Style & Use Cases

Overall Style
Classic, Refined, Serif
Use Case
Editorial, Print
Ideal For
book covers, long-form text, and traditional branding
Pairs With
a clean sans-serif for captions

Noto Naskh Arabic UI Specifications

Font FamilyNoto Naskh Arabic UI
StyleRegular
Full NameNoto Naskh Arabic UI Regular
Version2.015
Weight400 (Regular)
Glyph Count1597 glyphs
PostScript NameNotoNaskhArabicUI-Regular
DesignerMonotype Design Team, David Williams, Mohamad Dakak
FormatTTF (TrueType)
File Size194.8 KB

OpenType Features

Noto Naskh Arabic UI ships with 3 OpenType features you can switch on in apps that support them (Illustrator, InDesign, Affinity, Figma, CSS font-feature-settings).

  • Discretionary ligatures
  • Standard ligatures
  • Tabular figures
  • Variable font · axes: wght

Languages Supported

Noto Naskh Arabic UI supports 48 languages.

How to Install Noto Naskh Arabic UI Font

Step-by-step instructions for every platform

  1. 1Download the Noto Naskh Arabic UI 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. 5Noto Naskh Arabic UI is now available in Word, Photoshop, Illustrator, and all other apps.
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What pairs well with Noto Naskh Arabic UI Font?

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

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Noto Naskh Arabic UI Font

by Google

Reviewed by the FontBoxDL team · Updated July 2026

License: Open Font License (OFL)
Free
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