Qahiri

Font Technology

Static font

1 weight, 1 style

How To Use Qahiri

To use Qahiri in your web project, either search Google Fonts and use their embed code or host the font on your server and use the CSS below. Note: fonts served by Google Fonts may be missing some OpenType features that are available in the original font.

Download Qahiri

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Qahiri';
  src: url('<YOUR SERVER PATH>Qahiri-Regular.ttf') format(woff2);
  font-weight: 400;
  font-style: normal;
}

Description

Qahiri is a Kufic typeface based on the modernized and regularized old manuscript Kufic calligraphy style of the late master of Arabic calligraphy, Mohammad Abdul Qadir . Following the convention of naming Kufic styles after the cities they appeared in, Qahiri (قاهري) is named after the city of Cairo, Egypt (القاهرة). To contribute, see github.com/alif-type/qahiri

Designer

Khaled Hosny

Khaled Hosny is an Egyptian type designer who specializes in Arabic type design, and a software developer whose areas of expertise include font engineering, text layout, localization, and internationalization. Khaled is also an amateur artist.

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Qahiri regular

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We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep. Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises, sounds, and sweet airs that give delight and hurt not. Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments will hum about mine ears.