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Somaya Arabic typeface

Iwan Type

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Somaya Arabic typeface specimen from Iwan Type

A contemporary Arabic Naskh typeface in five weights, blending traditional calligraphic forms with modern refinement for editorial, packaging and advertising use.

About

Somaya draws on the Naskh calligraphic tradition, mixing classical letterform proportions with a clean, modern sensibility across Light, Regular, Medium, Bold and Black. The family includes a range of OpenType features: alternate characters, two styles of cursive letterforms, ligatures, reduced-descender alternates and elongated letterforms. It is positioned for a broad range of Arabic-language applications including branding, print and motion graphics.

Classification

Classified as a Naskh-style Arabic typeface, as confirmed by the foundry's own category tags. It blends traditional and contemporary Naskh forms, a calligraphic script with seriffed characteristics common in Arabic typography.

Weights

LightRegularMediumBoldBlack

Languages

Arabic

Tags

arabicnaskhcalligraphiceditorialpackagingadvertisingopentypemodern

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