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Shekasteh (Beta) (شکسته)

Documents the Iranian practice of rebranding the SCICT IranNastaliq base into commercial catalogue families (see…

Shekasteh (Beta) is a Nastaliq typeface from Iran, first documented in 2013. Iranian Shekasteh-Nastaliq ('broken' cursive) family by IRAN FONT (irfont.ir): Shekasteh Beta v1.001 (2013-08-08, 3,302 glyphs, no ligature lookups) and v2.001 (2016-11-27, 3,302 glyphs, 333 ligature lookups); the v2 structure (glyph names, cmap, all 333 ligatures) is identical to IranNastaliq 2.0 — an IranNastaliq-derived rebrand. Documents the Iranian practice of rebranding the SCICT IranNastaliq base into commercial catalogue families (see also Dima Shekasteh Free and Miremad) 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
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
3,302
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: Iran. Evidence grade A. Documents the Iranian practice of rebranding the SCICT IranNastaliq base into commercial catalogue families (see also Dima Shekasteh Free and Miremad).

Technology: Iranian Shekasteh-Nastaliq ('broken' cursive) family by IRAN FONT (irfont.ir): Shekasteh Beta v1.001 (2013-08-08, 3,302 glyphs, no ligature lookups) and v2.001 (2016-11-27, 3,302 glyphs, 333 ligature lookups); the v2 structure (glyph names, cmap, all 333 ligatures) is identical to IranNastaliq 2.0 — an IranNastaliq-derived rebrand.

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

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