rtlfonts.com is a curated library of 143 fonts for right-to-left written languages, with live previews, honest license data read from the font files themselves, and direct downloads. Free fonts download directly; premium fonts are licensed on site.
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Urdu Fonts (اردو) — Urdu is written in the Nastaliq calligraphic style, whose hanging, diagonal baseline makes it one of the most beautiful — and most technically demanding — scripts to typeset. This collection gathers classic Nastaliq faces for poetry and literature, clean Naskh styles for body text and UI, and modern display faces for posters and thumbnails. Every font page includes a live preview, file details and a direct download.
Arabic Fonts (العربية) — Arabic typography spans fifteen centuries of calligraphic tradition, from the geometric rigour of early Kufic to the fluid book-hand Naskh and the ornate interlace of Thuluth and Diwani. Our Arabic collection is the largest section of the library: typefaces normalized from the style taxonomies of the biggest Arabic font sites, so you can filter by calligraphic style, preview your own text live, and download directly.
Persian Fonts (فارسی) — Persian type design carries the heritage of Nastaliq — born in Persian chanceries — alongside a vigorous modern sans-serif movement led by designers like Saber Rastikerdar. This collection holds Farsi typefaces from classical calligraphic faces to variable-weight web fonts ready for modern interfaces.
Sindhi Fonts (سنڌي) — Sindhi uses one of the largest character sets of any Arabic-script language — including implosives and retroflex letters such as ٻ، ڄ، ڃ، ڏ، ڙ that many Arabic fonts simply omit. Every font listed here was checked for those distinguishing glyphs, starting with the SIL families (Lateef, Scheherazade New) that were explicitly engineered for Sindhi, and the classic MB Sindhi web fonts.
Pashto Fonts (پښتو) — Pashto's extra letters — ړ، ږ، ښ، ځ، څ، ګ and the distinctive yeh forms — are exactly where generic "Arabic" fonts fail. This section gathers the standard Pashto font projects and broad-coverage families that render those glyphs correctly, so your text never degrades into tofu boxes.
Shahmukhi Punjabi Fonts (پنجابی (شاہمکھی)) — Punjabi written in the Shahmukhi (Arabic) script is traditionally set in Nastaliq, sharing its letters and aesthetics with Urdu while adding sounds like ٹ، ڈ، ڑ represented with distinctive glyph forms. This section lists verified-coverage families such as Gulzar — designed for Punjabi Shahmukhi by an international type team — and the open-source PakType collection.
Symbols & Ornaments (رموز وزخارف) — Not every font is an alphabet. This category gathers Arabic-script symbol typefaces: Islamic ornaments and geometric patterns, icon sets, ready-made calligraphic phrase collections (type a number, get the composed phrase), frames and decorative dingbats — the finishing touches of Arabic and Urdu design work.
Browse by calligraphic style
Nastaliq fonts — The hanging, diagonal calligraphic style used for Urdu, Persian poetry and Shahmukhi Punjabi. Requires deep OpenType shaping — previews here show the real thing.
Naskh & Text fonts — The classical book-hand of Arabic typography: readable, compact and ideal for body text, newspapers and long-form reading.
Kufi fonts — Geometric letterforms rooted in early manuscript Kufic — the go-to style for logos, headlines and architectural lettering.
Ruqaa fonts — The everyday handwriting style of the Arab world: fast, compact strokes with distinctive flat tops — perfect for informal, human designs.
Thuluth fonts — The monumental display calligraphy of mosque inscriptions and certificates: tall verticals, deep curves and interlaced compositions.
Diwani fonts — The ornate Ottoman chancery style with densely interlocked letters — dramatic for titles, signatures and decorative panels.
Quranic fonts — Typefaces engineered for mushaf typesetting: Uthmani orthography, precise vowel mark positioning and traditional calligraphers' digitizations.
Display & Poster fonts — High-impact faces for headlines, thumbnails and posters — built to be big, bold and unforgettable.
Modern Sans fonts — Contemporary UI-grade sans families for web, apps and interfaces — many with variable weight axes.
Symbols & Icons fonts — Symbol and ornament typefaces instead of alphabets: Islamic ornaments, geometric patterns, icon sets, manuscript phrase collections, frames and emoji-style dingbats mapped to number and letter keys.
Most downloaded fonts
Noto Nastaliq Urdu (نوٹو نستعلیق اردو) — Nastaliq, SIL Open Font License 1.1, free download. The reference Nastaliq face for the web
Gulzar (گلزار) — Nastaliq, SIL Open Font License 1.1, free download. A modern Nastaliq for Punjabi & Urdu
Mehr Nastaliq Web (مہر نستعلیق ویب) — Nastaliq, CC BY-SA 4.0 (attribution required), free download. The web-optimized Nastaliq from Mehr Type
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