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AlQalam Taj Nastaleeq (تاج نستعلیق)

AlQalam's flagship; with Jameel Noori Nastaleeq and Faiz Lahori it forms the big-ligature-repertoire tier of…

AlQalam Taj Nastaleeq is a Nastaliq typeface from Pakistan, associated with Syed Abrar Hussain Shakirulqadree, Ishtiaq Ali Qadree, first documented in 2012. Noori-style ligature-rich Urdu Nastaleeq (29,833 glyphs) by Syed Abrar Hussain Shakirulqadree and Ishtiaq Ali Qadree of AlQalam (alqlm.org/taj.alqlm.org), 2012; among the most-downloaded Urdu fonts (1.02M downloads on urdufonts.net); a distinct OFL 'Hasnain Misbahi Taj Nastaleeq' (2020) was later published on the Open Font Library. AlQalam's flagship; with Jameel Noori Nastaleeq and Faiz Lahori it forms the big-ligature-repertoire tier of Pakistani Urdu publishing; its download count makes it one of the most-used Urdu fonts ever No official standalone download exists today; the font circulates through community mirrors, which this page links for reference only. This page is part of the rtlfonts.com research archive: every claim above is backed by graded, cited sources listed in the History & provenance section, cross-checked against font-binary forensics where a file could be obtained.

Font record

Style
Nastaliq
Languages
Urdu Fonts
Designer
Syed Abrar Hussain Shakirulqadree, Ishtiaq Ali Qadree
Foundry / publisher
—
License
Freeware (personal & commercial use) — commercial use allowed
Price
See publisher
Formats
TTF, WOFF2 (web preview)
Compatibility
Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS; Adobe InDesign/Photoshop, MS Word, InPage
Glyphs
29,833
Weights
regular
Variable
no
Year
2012
Downloads
new — no downloads yet
Rating
no reviews yet
Coverage verification
metadata-verified

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History & provenance

First documented 2012. Origin: Pakistan. Evidence grade A. AlQalam's flagship; with Jameel Noori Nastaleeq and Faiz Lahori it forms the big-ligature-repertoire tier of Pakistani Urdu publishing; its download count makes it one of the most-used Urdu fonts ever.

Technology: Noori-style ligature-rich Urdu Nastaleeq (29,833 glyphs) by Syed Abrar Hussain Shakirulqadree and Ishtiaq Ali Qadree of AlQalam (alqlm.org/taj.alqlm.org), 2012; among the most-downloaded Urdu fonts (1.02M downloads on urdufonts.net); a distinct OFL 'Hasnain Misbahi Taj Nastaleeq' (2020) was later published on the Open Font Library.

This font is part of the Nastaliq Research Archive — the open, graded history of the Nastaliq script and its typefaces.

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