TirazFree Arabic Fonts for Design and Commercial Use
Not every font you can download for free may be used in commercial work. This article explains what “free” means in font licenses and shows open-source Arabic fonts you can use in logos, ads, and print at no cost, grouped by use.
What does “free font” mean?
“Free” on download sites can mean different things, so read the license before you build a brand on a font or print thousands of copies with it:
- Open source (OFL): the SIL Open Font License lets you use the font in any personal or commercial work, embed it in documents, apps, and websites, and modify it under a new name. The main thing it forbids is selling the font file on its own.
- Free for personal use: for trying out or non-profit work only; commercial use needs a license bought from the designer.
- System fonts: the fonts that ship with Windows, macOS, or iOS are licensed for use on those devices; you may not copy and redistribute their files.
- Commercial: fonts you buy a license for, such as most DecoType fonts and the Adobe fonts that come with a Creative Cloud subscription. Prices vary by use and number of devices.
Every font in this article is published on Google Fonts under an open-source license, so all of them are free for commercial use.
Free modern fonts for headlines and social media
Clean fonts in several weights for logos, ads, posts, and websites:
- Cairo, Tajawal and Almarai: among the most common fonts on Arabic websites and apps, clear at every size.
- IBM Plex Sans Arabic and Readex Pro: a calm, technical feel for brands and presentations, with a matching Latin design.
- Changa, Lemonada, and Zain: more personality for headlines, ads, and posts.
Free Naskh fonts for text and verses
For long paragraphs, verses, and hadith, choose a Naskh that carries full diacritics and stays legible at small sizes:
Amiri Quran is a version of Amiri made for Quranic text. For more, read the article on Quran fonts.
Free calligraphic fonts: Ruqaa, Kufic, and Nastaliq
If you want the spirit of handwritten calligraphy without buying a commercial font, these open-source fonts draw on the calligrapher's pens:
Polished Thuluth and Diwani fonts rarely come with a free license. In Tiraz, Thuluth and Diwani fonts are ready inside the app for your designs, with nothing to download.
Free display fonts for eye-catching headlines
Heavy or decorative fonts for one or two words, such as a sale name or a cover title:
Common mistakes with free fonts
- Downloading from unofficial sites: the file may be altered or missing its license; it is safest from the designer's page or Google Fonts.
- Forgetting diacritics: some fonts render vowel marks poorly, so test vowelled text before choosing a font for a verse or a line of poetry.
- Mixing numerals: some fonts draw Eastern Arabic digits (١٢٣) and some Western (123); pick what suits your audience.
- Installing dozens of fonts at once: it slows design apps and makes choosing harder, so install only what you need.
Free fonts with matching Arabic and Latin
A brand usually needs an Arabic font and a Latin one that belong together. Some free fonts carry both scripts in one file, so the Arabic and English names share the same spirit:
- Cairo, Tajawal, and Almarai include Latin letters designed to sit beside the Arabic, enough for a complete simple identity.
- IBM Plex Sans Arabic belongs to the IBM Plex family, whose Latin versions come in the same weights.
- Noto Naskh Arabic is part of the Noto family, which covers most of the world's languages, so it suits multilingual print.
If you pair two fonts from different families, match their weight and letter height so neither looks heavier than the other.
How to download and install a font
- Open fonts.google.com and choose Arabic in the Language filter to show Arabic fonts only.
- Open the font's page and click Get font, then Download all, to get a zip with the font files and the OFL.txt license.
- On Windows, unzip it, right-click the file and choose Install. On a Mac, double-click the file and click Install Font in Font Book.
- Restart your design app so the font appears in the list. In Photoshop, turn on the Middle Eastern engine so the letters join, as explained in Arabic fonts for Photoshop.
- Keep the license file with your project files; it is your proof if anyone asks about the font's rights.
Or use them without downloading anything
Every font in this article is in Tiraz, along with more than 230 other font families that download inside the app the first time you use them, with nothing to install or set up. Arabic joins and runs right to left on its own, with kashida at the word's joint. Browse every font, or start from a ready template and change its font in one tap.
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Download Tiraz from the App Store, tap the gold + at the bottom, and choose Blank and a size, or From Photo to start with your picture. Ready sizes include post, story, square, and video, and All Sizes holds the print formats. Start at the size you'll publish in so you don't have to rearrange the design later.
The Create sheet: a blank page or a photo, with ready sizes. Choose the font
With the text selected, open Fonts, switch to the Modern tab and try fonts while seeing your own word in each one. Fonts with a crown are part of Tiraz Gold, and a font downloads the first time you use it. Keep to two fonts: a calligraphic one for names and a clear one for details.
The fonts panel on the Modern tab: the current font is outlined in gold. Export or share the design
Tap the gold share button at the top of the editor to open Export: a full-size PNG for free, and a print PDF, 4K, and transparent backgrounds with Gold. Tap Share to send it straight to WhatsApp, or Save to keep it in Photos. For a print shop always choose PDF; a phone image prints soft.
The export sheet: format, quality, and background, then share or save.
Common Questions
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