Standard Dari/Farsi fonts that come on Windows/Microsoft and Mac that are good for Farsi/Dari beginners include all the fonts in the Calibri font family and the Dubai font family, particularly Calibri/Dubai Light because the letters are easier to distinguish from each other. Arabic fonts, because of their distinctiveness and decorative appeal have driven the world of fonts and graphic design into a tizzy. Calligraphic fonts are highly rated and that's why the demand for Arabic calligraphic fonts has been peaking in the last couple of years. Designers are experimenting with the font and inventing never-seen –before design and art elements – textures, patterns.
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By Stephanie Fudge
Writing documents that use both English and other languages can be tricky. Have you ever inserted a translation into your document and instead of appearing as text, you have a string of blank boxes or random English characters scattered throughout the foreign text?
This occurs when characters aren't supported by a font's code. The programming for many fonts on American products follows the American Standard Code for Information Interchange, which is based on the Latin alphabet. So if you're using a language that isn't based on that alphabet, what font should you use?
Luckily computer programmers have come up with one solution: Unicode. This font programming system assigns a unique code to every symbol from every language, so that way the symbols are recognized when the text switches to different platforms.
For example, the commonly installed font Arial can support almost four thousand characters and the same number of glyphs with its code. In comparison, the Unicode version of this font (Arial Unicode MS) has code that can support 38,917 characters and 50,377 glyphs. Google developed a font called Noto that creates even more characters/glyphs—around 65,000—which allows it to support 93 languages.
So how do you find Unicode fonts that work for your language? And which fonts are best for new language learners?
It turns out a lot of commonly used standard fonts, like Times New Roman and Arial and Calibri font families, are compatible with many languages, and computers have pre-installed fonts included in their hardware for most languages. You can go into your computer's language settings and activate that other language, and then tap the alt + shift keys to switch between languages and your keyboard will type the characters associated with those keys.
The advantage of using these pre-installed fonts (as opposed to downloading fonts from online sources) is that you do not have to re-download that font file whenever you switch to a different computer and still want to keep your text in the prescribed font. However, if you will be switching back and forth from a Mac OS to a PC/Windows, the font for your specific language could change depending on which system you're using and whether that font is on both systems. (For example, Arial is on both systems, but not Lucida Grande.)
Below, I created a list that provides compatible and beginner-friendly fonts for some of the most commonly taught languages at DLS. Some fonts are compatible across multiple languages, and fonts with an asterisk (*) after the title are Unicode fonts, meaning they're versatile and function on different platforms and systems.
To learn how to add a keyboard for a specific language on Windows 10, click here. For instructions on how to do the same on Mac OS, click here.
Arabic:
Times New Roman* and Arial* are standard, professional fonts used in print and are legible for beginning Arabic learners.
Other fonts that come on PCs include Traditional Arabic, Arabic Transparent, Arabic Typesetting, Aldhabi, Andalus, Sakkal Majalla, Segoe UI, Simplified Arabic, and Tahoma.*
Other fonts that come on Macs include Al Bayan, Baghdad, DecoType Naskh, Geeza Pro, Geezah, KufiStandard GK, Nadeem, and Arial Unicode MS* (which is on Mac OS X or earlier versions).
Unicode fonts found online include Noto (Kufi Arabic, Naskh Arabic, Sans Arabic), Gentium, Source Sans Pro, Charis SIL, Junicode, FreeSerif, FreeMono, and FreeSans.
For a list of Arab-specific fonts and keyboard tips, click here. Visit this blog to learn more about typing right-to-left on Mac OS and this site to do so on both Mac and Windows.
Cyrillic/Russian
Most installed fonts for PCs and Macs accommodate Cyrillic text, such as Arial*, Verdana*, Tahoma*, or Palatino* (Mac OS X).
Unicode fonts found online include Noto and Titus Unicode (which provides accented vowels).
For a detailed description of coding Russian languages and other fonts, visit this site.
Devanagari/Hindi:
Fonts included on Macs include Devanagari MT/MTS, ITF Devanagari, Kohinoor Devanagari, Shree Devanagari, and Arial Unicode MS* (on Mac OS X or earlier versions).
Fonts on PCs include Aparajita, Kokila, Mangal, Nirmala UI, Sanskrit Text, and Utsaah.
Unicode fonts found online include Noto (Sans Devanagari, Serif Devanagari), FreeSerif, FreeMono, and FreeSans.
For more information about fonts and typing in Devanagari, click here and here. Click here for tips specific to typing Devanagari on a Mac.
Korean:
'한국어,' Malgun Gothic or 'Korean,' is a pre-installed font on Microsoft Word; it's clear and easy to read.
Other fonts on PCs include Batang, BatangChe, Dotum, DotumChe, Gulim, New Gulim*, GulimChe, Gungsuh, and GungsuhChe.
Other fonts that come on Macs include Apple Myungjo, Gung Seoche, Hangangche, HeadlineA, Jung Gothic, PC Myungjo, Pilgiche, Seoul, Shin Myungjo Neue, Tae Graphic, and Arial Unicode MS* (on Mac OS X or earlier versions).
Unicode fonts found online include Noto (see note on using Noto with CJK languages).
For other tips for typing in Korean on either Mac OS or PC, visit this site.
Mandarin:
For typing Simplified Chinese characters:
SimSun
KaiTi
FangSong
For typing traditional Chinese characters:
PMingLiu
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Unicode fonts found online include Noto (see note on using Noto with CJK languages).
Click here and here to learn about other fonts and tips for typing in Mandarin.
Pashto, Dari, Farsi/Persian:
To learn more about the differences/similarities between these languages, read Faraidoon Saadat and Nasrat Sepahizada's recent DLS blog post.
Standard Dari/Farsi fonts that come on Windows/Microsoft and Mac that are good for Farsi/Dari beginners include all the fonts in the Calibri font family and the Dubai font family, particularly Calibri/Dubai Light because the letters are easier to distinguish from each other. Standard fonts used for headlines or titles include Tahoma and Simplified Arabic, though these are harder for beginners to read. To type from right to left, select the 'right align' option in a Microsoft program.
A preferred font for script-like, calligraphic Dari and Farsi is Nastaliq. It's standard for calligraphic or poetic writing but beginner students will have trouble deciphering the individual letters in this font. Level 2+ students should be exposed to this font.
Alefba has fonts for Arabic, Persian (Farsi), Dari, Urdu, Pastho, and Kurdish (Sorani). For free downloadable Pashto Unicode fonts, visit this site. Visit this blog to learn more about typing right-to-left on Mac OS and this site to do so on both Mac and Windows.
German and Romantic Languages:
Click the following hyperlinks to see keyboard combinations for typing characters or accents in French, German, Italian, Portuguese, or Spanish.
Somali:
Noto is Unicode font found online (Osmanya script, Arabic fonts).
Visit this site for a list of free downloadable Unicode fonts for Somali. Click here for additional tips on typing in Somali.
Thai:
Angsana New font is easy to read for beginners, and Browalia New is a classic Thai font.
Noto is an online font compatible with Thai. For an Thai transliteration keyboard on Chrome and Google Drive/Gmail, click here.
Turkish: Diablo 2 iso download.
Most installed fonts on Macs and PCs accommodate Turkish text, such as Arial,* Verdana,* Tahoma,* or Palatino* (Mac OS X).
Noto is a compatible Unicode font found online.
Click here for more fonts and tips for typing in Turkish.
Urdu:
Free Persian Fonts For Mac
Jameel Noori Nastaleeq is a good font to use that can be downloaded from UrduJahan or Lipikaar. Noto is another Unicode font found online.
To learn how to activate Urdu input on a Mac, click here. To do the same on a Windows, click here. For another resource, click here.
Vietnamese:
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Compatible fonts that come on PCs and Macs include Arial,* Times New Roman,* Courier New,* and Arial Unicode MS* (which is on Mac OS X or earlier versions).
Noto is a Unicode fonts found online.
To see several different methods for typing Vietnamese (VNI, Telex, VIQR), see DuoLingo's site.
