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Noori Nastaliq (OpenType revival)

The documented bridge between the 1981 ligature-based Noori Nastaliq and modern OpenType Nastaliq — Monotype's proof…

Noori Nastaliq (OpenType revival) is a Nastaliq typeface from United Kingdom / United States, associated with Kamal Mansour / Monotype (Monotype Corporation / Monotype Imaging), first documented in an undated release. Monotype's OpenType re-implementation of Noori Nastaliq, presented by Kamal Mansour at ATyPI 2005 (Helsinki) in 'Nastaliq style through open type': with the original imagesetter equipment obsolete, OpenType proved sufficient for Nastaliq's oblique baseline and cursive connections, making Noori Nastaliq 'once again alive'. The documented bridge between the 1981 ligature-based Noori Nastaliq and modern OpenType Nastaliq — Monotype's proof (2005) that the style could be re-implemented on standard platforms, a decade before Noto 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
Kamal Mansour
Foundry / publisher
Monotype (Monotype Corporation / Monotype Imaging)
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
—
Weights
regular
Variable
no
Year
—
Downloads
new — no downloads yet
Rating
no reviews yet
Coverage verification
metadata-verified

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History & provenance

Origin: United Kingdom / United States. Evidence grade B. The documented bridge between the 1981 ligature-based Noori Nastaliq and modern OpenType Nastaliq — Monotype's proof (2005) that the style could be re-implemented on standard platforms, a decade before Noto.

Technology: Monotype's OpenType re-implementation of Noori Nastaliq, presented by Kamal Mansour at ATyPI 2005 (Helsinki) in 'Nastaliq style through open type': with the original imagesetter equipment obsolete, OpenType proved sufficient for Nastaliq's oblique baseline and cursive connections, making Noori Nastaliq 'once again alive'.

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

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