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Mehr Nastaliq (مہر نستعلیق)

First Pakistani research-lab Nastaliq built character-by-character instead of as a ligature library; parent of the…

Mehr Nastaliq is a Nastaliq typeface from Pakistan, associated with Nasrullah Mehr, Muhammad Zeeshan Nasar, first documented in 2013. Character-based ('OpenType Character Based Unicode') Nastaliq from CSALT/ITU Lahore with PITB sponsorship; calligraphy by Nasrullah Mehr, font engineering by Muhammad Zeeshan Nasar. First Pakistani research-lab Nastaliq built character-by-character instead of as a ligature library; parent of the Mehr Nastaliq family Its current availability could not be verified from public sources. 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
Nasrullah Mehr, Muhammad Zeeshan Nasar
Foundry / publisher
—
License
Commercial license (purchase required) — commercial use allowed
Price
See publisher
Formats
TTF, WOFF2 (web preview)
Compatibility
Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS; Adobe InDesign/Photoshop, MS Word, InPage
Glyphs
—
Weights
regular
Variable
no
Year
2013
Downloads
new — no downloads yet
Rating
no reviews yet
Coverage verification
metadata-verified

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History & provenance

First documented 2013. Origin: Pakistan. Evidence grade B. First Pakistani research-lab Nastaliq built character-by-character instead of as a ligature library; parent of the Mehr Nastaliq family.

Technology: Character-based ('OpenType Character Based Unicode') Nastaliq from CSALT/ITU Lahore with PITB sponsorship; calligraphy by Nasrullah Mehr, font engineering by Muhammad Zeeshan Nasar.

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

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