Aref Ruqaa

Designed by Abdullah Aref, Khaled Hosny, Hermann Zapf

2 weights • Version 26 • On Google Fonts since 2016 • Popularity #804

Quick Summary

2

Styles

400-700

Weight Range

Static

Not variable

3

Languages / Subsets

Category
serif
Best for
display
Descriptors
calligraphic
Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Origin
Cairo, Egypt
License
SIL Open Font License
Last updated
Sep 11, 2025

© 2015-2021 The Aref Ruqaa Project Authors , with Reserved Font Name EURM10.

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About Aref Ruqaa Fonts

Aref Ruqaa is an Arabic typeface that aspires to capture the essence of the classical Ruqaa calligraphic style.

The Latin part is based on AMS Euler, but spaced for regular text rather than mathematics.

The Aref Ruqaa project is led by Khaled Hosny, a type designer based in Cairo, Egypt. To contribute, see github.com/alif-type/aref-ruqaa

Who Designed Aref Ruqaa?

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Abdullah Aref is an Egyptian art teacher, calligrapher, and Arabic type designer.

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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.

aliftype.com | Github

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