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Urdu Emad Nastaliq

Promoted from unverified candidate: binary-verified 2026-11-04 from the user's collection; one of the…

Urdu Emad Nastaliq is a Nastaliq typeface from Pakistan, associated with Jawad, Arif Karim, Aijaz Akhtar, first documented in 2006. Urdu Nastaliq TrueType by Jawad, Arif Karim and Aijaz Akhtar; version string '1.00 85-09-21' is a Solar Hijri date (≈ 2006-12-12); trademark field carries the technical note 'jawad, use unicode 640 for kashida' — documenting kashida-at-U+0640 practice. Promoted from unverified candidate: binary-verified 2026-11-04 from the user's collection; one of the long-mysterious 'Urdu Iran/Jauhar/Emad' mirror-circulated fonts now attributed and dated 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
Urdu Fonts
Designer
Jawad, Arif Karim, Aijaz Akhtar
Foundry / publisher
—
License
Freeware (personal & commercial use) — commercial use allowed
Price
See publisher
Formats
TTF, WOFF2 (web preview)
Compatibility
Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS; Adobe InDesign/Photoshop, MS Word, InPage
Glyphs
1,480
Weights
regular
Variable
no
Year
2006
Downloads
new — no downloads yet
Rating
no reviews yet
Coverage verification
metadata-verified

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History & provenance

First documented 2006. Origin: Pakistan. Evidence grade A. Promoted from unverified candidate: binary-verified 2026-11-04 from the user's collection; one of the long-mysterious 'Urdu Iran/Jauhar/Emad' mirror-circulated fonts now attributed and dated.

Technology: Urdu Nastaliq TrueType by Jawad, Arif Karim and Aijaz Akhtar; version string '1.00 85-09-21' is a Solar Hijri date (≈ 2006-12-12); trademark field carries the technical note 'jawad, use unicode 640 for kashida' — documenting kashida-at-U+0640 practice.

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

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