Kurdish typography
The Central Kurdish variety Sorani is mainly written using an Arabic alphabet with 33 letters. Unlike the regular Arabic script, which is an abjad, Kurdish Arabic is an alphabet in which vowels are mandatory.
Table of Unicode characters used in Kurdish-Arabic script[edit]
| Arabic | Unicode name (Arabic letters) | Hex. |
|---|---|---|
| ئ | Yeh with Hamza above | 0626 |
| ا | Alef | 0627 |
| ب | Beh | 0628 |
| پ | Peh | 067E |
| ت | Teh | 062A |
| ج | Jeem | 062C |
| چ | Tcheh | 0686 |
| ح | Hah | 062D |
| خ | Khah | 062E |
| د | Dal | 062F |
| ر | Reh | 0631 |
| ڕ | Reh with small V below | 0695 |
| ز | Zain | 0632 |
| ژ | Jeh | 0698 |
| س | Seen | 0633 |
| ش | Sheen | 0634 |
| ع | Ain | 0639 |
| غ | Ghain | 063A |
| ف | Feh | 0641 |
| ڤ | Veh | 06A4 |
| ق | Qaf | 0642 |
| ک | Keheh | 06A9 |
| ك | Kaf | 0643 |
| گ | Gaf | 06AF |
| ل | Lam | 0644 |
| ڵ | Lam with small V | 06B5 |
| م | Meem | 0645 |
| ن | Noon | 0646 |
| و | Waw | 0648 |
| ۆ | Oe | 06C6 |
| ۇ | U | 06C7 |
| ۊ | Waw with two dots above | 06CA |
| ھ | Heh Doachashmee | 06BE |
| ه | Heh | 0647 |
| ە | Ae | 06D5 |
| ی | Farsi Yeh | 06CC |
| ێ | Yeh with small V | 06CE |
Non-letter characters in addition to punctuation marks and symbols are:
- Tatweel (U+0640), used to stretch characters.
- Zero width non-joiner (U+200C). Usage of the ZWNJ is non-standard but occurs a lot, most of the time this is due to poor conversions from non-Unicode to Unicode mapping in texts.
Kurdish Unicode fonts[edit]
| Font pack | Names of fonts | Link |
|---|---|---|
| with Microsoft Windows |
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| X Series 2 fonts |
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by Iranian Mac User Group – X Series 2 Download Page, built on freely available fonts and extended to support Persian, Arabic, Urdu, Pashto, Dari, Uzbek, Kurdish, Uighur, old Turkish (Ottoman) and modern Turkish (Roman) and equipped with two font technologies, AAT and OpenType. Can be used on any platform; Mac, Windows or Linux.
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| Unikurd fonts |
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suited by Kurd IT group – Download Page |
| Nefel fonts |
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suited by Nefel – Download Page |
| ABD fonts |
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suited by eDuhok.net Archived 2005-10-13 at the Wayback Machine – Download Page |
| SIL International |
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created by SIL International – Download Page |
| PakType |
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PakType – Pakistani Typography |
| Droid | Droid Arabic Naskh | Google font directory, FFonts |
| Bahij |
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Bahij Virtual Academy - Kurdish Standard Fonts |
| Sarchia |
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suited by Sarchia Khursheed – Download Page |
Non-Unicode fonts[edit]
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Ali fonts[edit]
Alifonts, widely used with Windows 98, enabled typing of Kurdish with Arabic or Farsi keyboard layouts. While it uses a non-standard mapping, typing Kurdish with Alifonts remains popular, as it does not require a specific Kurdish keyboard layout.
Ribaz fonts[edit]
Ribaz Font, 99 non-Unicode fonts suited from Arabic fonts. file
Zanest fonts[edit]
Download zanest fonts 1994
Dilan fonts[edit]
Converting to Unicode[edit]
- http://www.transliteration.kpr.eu/ku/en.html Kurdî Nûs], a versatile tool for converting to Unicode and Kurdish Latin by pellk Software Development Institute.
- KurdITGroup's font converter, for converting non-Unicode fonts to Unicode.
Beware: Some old converters convert Teh Marbuta (0629) to Heh + ZWNJ (0647 200C) instead of the correct Ae (06D5)!
Most converters don't retain formatting through non-joiners and therefore give a slightly different, albeit more standard, rendering.
Web fonts[edit]
- Unikurd Web: for 10, 11 and 12 pt
- Tahoma & Tahoma Bold
- Times New Roman
- Arial
See also[edit]
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