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Beaconhouse Nastaliq

Largest Pakistani open-source Nastaliq project to date (2026), aimed at school literacy material.

Beaconhouse Nastaliq is a Nastaliq typeface from Pakistan, associated with Muhammad Zeeshan Nasar / Beaconhouse Group, first documented in 2026. Open-source (OFL-1.1) character-based Nastaliq with a custom joining-glyph system, dot-collision avoidance and a letter-colouring education feature; ~600-glyph design; claimed first open-source Nastaliq built entirely in Pakistan. Largest Pakistani open-source Nastaliq project to date (2026), aimed at school literacy material The font is publicly available today — follow the official source link for the current download. 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
Muhammad Zeeshan Nasar
Foundry / publisher
Beaconhouse Group
License
SIL Open Font License 1.1 — commercial use allowed
Price
See publisher
Formats
TTF, WOFF2 (web preview)
Compatibility
Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS; Adobe InDesign/Photoshop, MS Word, InPage
Glyphs
611
Weights
regular
Variable
no
Year
2026
Downloads
new — no downloads yet
Rating
no reviews yet
Coverage verification
metadata-verified

Download

Open the Beaconhouse Nastaliq page in a browser for the live preview with your own text (try Urdu, Arabic or Persian text) and the official-source button — this font's license does not allow third-party redistribution, so the file comes from the publisher (Beaconhouse Group).

History & provenance

First documented 2026. Origin: Pakistan. Evidence grade A. Largest Pakistani open-source Nastaliq project to date (2026), aimed at school literacy material.

Technology: Open-source (OFL-1.1) character-based Nastaliq with a custom joining-glyph system, dot-collision avoidance and a letter-colouring education feature; ~600-glyph design; claimed first open-source Nastaliq built entirely in Pakistan.

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

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