Awami Nastaliq is a Nastaliq-style Arabic script font supporting a wide variety of languages of southwest Asia, including but not limited to Urdu. This font is aimed at minority language support. This makes it unique among Nastaliq fonts.
Awami Nastaliq v2.000 has been released.
Awami Nastaliq is a mature product with no major changes anticipated. We will be releasing maintenance updates to fix bugs. The build process requires smith and project build parameters are set in the wscript.
For copyright and licensing - including any Reserved Font Names - see OFL.txt.
For practical information about modifying and redistributing this font see OFL-FAQ.txt.
For more details about this project, including changelog and acknowledgements see FONTLOG.txt.
For further information about this font, including Unicode ranges supported Graphite font features and how to use them, and licensing, please see the documentation on the website or in the documentation subfolder of this font package.
This project uses a UFO-based design and production workflow, with all sources in open formats and a completely open-source build toolkit. For more details see SIL Font Development Notes.
We welcome contributions to this font project, such as new glyphs, enhanced smart font code, or bug fixes. The best way to begin the process is to file an issue in the Github project or respond to an existing issue and express your interest. Then we can begin to correspond with you regarding what all might be required and discuss how to best submit your contributions.
To enable us to accept contributions in a way that honors your contribution and respects your copyright while preserving long-term flexibility for open source licensing, you would also need to agree to the SIL International Contributor License Agreement for Font Software (v1.0) prior to sending us your contribution. To read more about this requirement and find out how to submit the required form, please visit the CLA information page.