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Farsi Simple

The documented corporate-catalogue Nastaliq of the Windows era: a Microsoft-commissioned simplified Persian face…

Farsi Simple is a Nastaliq typeface from United States, first documented in 2000. Simplified Persian Nastaliq-flavoured face ('Designed for Microsoft Corp. by Platinum Inc.', version 2.03, catalogue date 2000-09-07) in Bold and Outline styles; 395 glyphs and 81 GSUB ligature lookups per style; long bundled with Windows-era Persian/Urdu software and InPage packs. The documented corporate-catalogue Nastaliq of the Windows era: a Microsoft-commissioned simplified Persian face that became a staple of mirror-site Urdu font packs 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
Persian Fonts
Designer
—
Foundry / publisher
—
License
License undocumented (archive entry) — personal use only
Price
See publisher
Formats
TTF, WOFF2 (web preview)
Compatibility
Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS; Adobe InDesign/Photoshop, MS Word, InPage
Glyphs
395
Weights
regular
Variable
no
Year
2000
Downloads
new — no downloads yet
Rating
no reviews yet
Coverage verification
metadata-verified

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History & provenance

First documented 2000. Origin: United States. Evidence grade A. The documented corporate-catalogue Nastaliq of the Windows era: a Microsoft-commissioned simplified Persian face that became a staple of mirror-site Urdu font packs.

Technology: Simplified Persian Nastaliq-flavoured face ('Designed for Microsoft Corp. by Platinum Inc.', version 2.03, catalogue date 2000-09-07) in Bold and Outline styles; 395 glyphs and 81 GSUB ligature lookups per style; long bundled with Windows-era Persian/Urdu software and InPage packs.

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

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