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writes, shows and searches every language it serves. Every font is self-hosted and openly licensed.<\/p>\n    \n  <\/div>\n  \n  \n<\/header>\n<nav class=\"pf-toc\" aria-label=\"On this page\"><p class=\"pf-toc__h\">On this page<\/p><ol><li><a href=\"#s1\"><span class=\"pf-toc__n\">01<\/span><span>The alphabets<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#s2\"><span class=\"pf-toc__n\">02<\/span><span>Each language and the fonts that draw it<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#s3\"><span class=\"pf-toc__n\">03<\/span><span>The fonts<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#s4\"><span class=\"pf-toc__n\">04<\/span><span>Standards<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#s5\"><span class=\"pf-toc__n\">05<\/span><span>Rules the platform follows<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#s6\"><span class=\"pf-toc__n\">06<\/span><span>Research and sources<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ol><\/nav>\n<section class=\"pf-section\" id=\"s1\">\n  <h2 class=\"pf-h2\"><span class=\"pf-num\">01<\/span>The alphabets<\/h2>\n  <p class=\"pf-intro\">Each with its chart, its letters, its digits and the languages written in it.<\/p>\n  <ul class=\"pf-cards pf-cards--3 pf-cards--lx-script\" role=\"list\"><li class=\"pf-card\">\n  <p class=\"pf-card__meta\"><span translate=\"no\">Arab<\/span> \u00b7 Right to left<\/p>\n  <h3 class=\"pf-card__title\"><span class=\"pf-lx-card__native\" lang=\"fa\" dir=\"rtl\">\u0627 \u0628 \u067e \u062a<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/iranians.global\/language\/scripts\/persian\/\">Persian alphabet<\/a><\/h3>\n  <p class=\"pf-card__text\">Persian (Farsi), Gilaki, Mazandarani, Talysh, Turkmen, Qashqai, Laki, Lari (Achomi), Semnani, Tati (Takestani), Dari<\/p>\n  \n<\/li><li class=\"pf-card\">\n  <p class=\"pf-card__meta\"><span translate=\"no\">Arab<\/span> \u00b7 Right to left<\/p>\n  <h3 class=\"pf-card__title\"><span class=\"pf-lx-card__native\" lang=\"ckb\" dir=\"rtl\">\u0626 \u0627 \u0628 \u067e<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/iranians.global\/language\/scripts\/sorani-arabic\/\">Kurdish Arabic-based alphabet<\/a><\/h3>\n  <p class=\"pf-card__text\">Kurdish (Sorani, Kurmanji, Southern Kurdish), Hawrami (Gorani)<\/p>\n  \n<\/li><li class=\"pf-card\">\n  <p class=\"pf-card__meta\"><span translate=\"no\">Arab<\/span> \u00b7 Right to left<\/p>\n  <h3 class=\"pf-card__title\"><span class=\"pf-lx-card__native\" lang=\"sdh\" dir=\"rtl\">\u0626 \u0627 \u0628 \u067e<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/iranians.global\/language\/scripts\/southern-kurdish-arabic\/\">Southern Kurdish in the Arabic-based alphabet<\/a><\/h3>\n  <p class=\"pf-card__text\">Laki<\/p>\n  \n<\/li><li class=\"pf-card\">\n  <p class=\"pf-card__meta\"><span translate=\"no\">Latn<\/span> \u00b7 Left to right<\/p>\n  <h3 class=\"pf-card__title\"><span class=\"pf-lx-card__native\" lang=\"kmr\" dir=\"ltr\">a b c \u00e7<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/iranians.global\/language\/scripts\/kurmanji-latin\/\">Kurdish Latin alphabet (Hawar)<\/a><\/h3>\n  <p class=\"pf-card__text\">Kurdish (Sorani, Kurmanji, Southern Kurdish)<\/p>\n  \n<\/li><li class=\"pf-card\">\n  <p class=\"pf-card__meta\"><span translate=\"no\">Arab<\/span> \u00b7 Right to left<\/p>\n  <h3 class=\"pf-card__title\"><span class=\"pf-lx-card__native\" lang=\"az-Arab\" dir=\"rtl\">\u0622 \u0624 \u0627 \u0628<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/iranians.global\/language\/scripts\/azerbaijani-arabic\/\">Azerbaijani in the Arabic-based alphabet<\/a><\/h3>\n  <p class=\"pf-card__text\">South Azerbaijani (Azerbaijani Turkish)<\/p>\n  \n<\/li><li class=\"pf-card\">\n  <p class=\"pf-card__meta\"><span translate=\"no\">Latn<\/span> \u00b7 Left to right<\/p>\n  <h3 class=\"pf-card__title\"><span class=\"pf-lx-card__native\" lang=\"az\" dir=\"ltr\">a b c \u00e7<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/iranians.global\/language\/scripts\/azerbaijani-latin\/\">Azerbaijani Latin alphabet<\/a><\/h3>\n  <p class=\"pf-card__text\">South Azerbaijani (Azerbaijani Turkish)<\/p>\n  \n<\/li><li class=\"pf-card\">\n  <p class=\"pf-card__meta\"><span translate=\"no\">Arab<\/span> \u00b7 Right to left<\/p>\n  <h3 class=\"pf-card__title\"><span class=\"pf-lx-card__native\" lang=\"lrc\" dir=\"rtl\">\u0622 \u0623 \u0624 \u0626<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/iranians.global\/language\/scripts\/luri-arabic\/\">Luri in the Arabic-based alphabet<\/a><\/h3>\n  <p class=\"pf-card__text\">Luri and Bakhtiari<\/p>\n  \n<\/li><li class=\"pf-card\">\n  <p class=\"pf-card__meta\"><span translate=\"no\">Armn<\/span> \u00b7 Left to right<\/p>\n  <h3 class=\"pf-card__title\"><span class=\"pf-lx-card__native\" lang=\"hy\" dir=\"ltr\">\u0561 \u0562 \u0563 \u0564<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/iranians.global\/language\/scripts\/armenian\/\">Armenian alphabet<\/a><\/h3>\n  <p class=\"pf-card__text\">Armenian (Iranian Armenian)<\/p>\n  \n<\/li><li class=\"pf-card\">\n  <p class=\"pf-card__meta\"><span translate=\"no\">Syrc<\/span> \u00b7 Right to left<\/p>\n  <h3 class=\"pf-card__title\"><span class=\"pf-lx-card__native\" lang=\"syr\" dir=\"rtl\">\u0710 \u0712 \u0713 \u0715<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/iranians.global\/language\/scripts\/syriac\/\">Syriac alphabet (East Syriac)<\/a><\/h3>\n  <p class=\"pf-card__text\">Assyrian Neo-Aramaic (Urmia)<\/p>\n  \n<\/li><li class=\"pf-card\">\n  <p class=\"pf-card__meta\"><span translate=\"no\">Mand<\/span> \u00b7 Right to left<\/p>\n  <h3 class=\"pf-card__title\"><span class=\"pf-lx-card__native\" lang=\"mid\" dir=\"rtl\">\u0840 \u0841 \u0842 \u0843<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/iranians.global\/language\/scripts\/mandaic\/\">Mandaic alphabet<\/a><\/h3>\n  <p class=\"pf-card__text\">Mandaic<\/p>\n  \n<\/li><li class=\"pf-card\">\n  <p class=\"pf-card__meta\"><span translate=\"no\">Hebr<\/span> \u00b7 Right to left<\/p>\n  <h3 class=\"pf-card__title\"><span class=\"pf-lx-card__native\" lang=\"he\" dir=\"rtl\">\u05d0 \u05d1 \u05d2 \u05d3<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/iranians.global\/language\/scripts\/hebrew\/\">Hebrew alphabet<\/a><\/h3>\n  <p class=\"pf-card__text\">Judeo-Persian<\/p>\n  \n<\/li><li class=\"pf-card\">\n  <p class=\"pf-card__meta\"><span translate=\"no\">Arab<\/span> \u00b7 Right to left<\/p>\n  <h3 class=\"pf-card__title\"><span class=\"pf-lx-card__native\" lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\">\u0621 \u0623 \u0624 \u0625<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/iranians.global\/language\/scripts\/arabic\/\">Arabic alphabet<\/a><\/h3>\n  <p class=\"pf-card__text\">Arabic (Khuzestani and Gulf Arabic)<\/p>\n  \n<\/li><li class=\"pf-card\">\n  <p class=\"pf-card__meta\"><span translate=\"no\">Geor<\/span> \u00b7 Left to right<\/p>\n  <h3 class=\"pf-card__title\"><span class=\"pf-lx-card__native\" lang=\"ka\" dir=\"ltr\">\u10d0 \u10d1 \u10d2 \u10d3<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/iranians.global\/language\/scripts\/georgian\/\">Georgian alphabet (Mkhedruli)<\/a><\/h3>\n  <p class=\"pf-card__text\">Georgian (Fereydani)<\/p>\n  \n<\/li><li class=\"pf-card\">\n  <p class=\"pf-card__meta\"><span translate=\"no\">Cyrl<\/span> \u00b7 Left to right<\/p>\n  <h3 class=\"pf-card__title\"><span class=\"pf-lx-card__native\" lang=\"tg\" dir=\"ltr\">\u0430 \u0431 \u0432 \u0433<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/iranians.global\/language\/scripts\/tajik-cyrillic\/\">Tajik Cyrillic alphabet<\/a><\/h3>\n  <p class=\"pf-card__text\">Tajik<\/p>\n  \n<\/li><li class=\"pf-card\">\n  <p class=\"pf-card__meta\"><span translate=\"no\">Latn<\/span> \u00b7 Left to right<\/p>\n  <h3 class=\"pf-card__title\"><span class=\"pf-lx-card__native\" lang=\"tk\" dir=\"ltr\">a b \u00e7 d<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/iranians.global\/language\/scripts\/turkmen-latin\/\">Turkmen Latin alphabet<\/a><\/h3>\n  <p class=\"pf-card__text\">Turkmen<\/p>\n  \n<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"pf-section\" id=\"s2\">\n  <h2 class=\"pf-h2\"><span class=\"pf-num\">02<\/span>Each language and the fonts that draw it<\/h2>\n  <p class=\"pf-intro\">Checked at every build: a language whose letters a shipped font cannot draw stops the build.<\/p>\n  <div class=\"pf-table-wrap\"><table class=\"pf-table\">\n  \n  <thead><tr><th scope=\"col\">Language<\/th><th scope=\"col\">Script<\/th><th scope=\"col\">Shown with<\/th><th scope=\"col\">Technology support<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n  <tbody><tr><th scope=\"row\">Persian (Farsi) <span class=\"pf-native\" lang=\"fa\" dir=\"rtl\">\u0641\u0627\u0631\u0633\u06cc<\/span><\/th><td>Arab<\/td><td>Vazirmatn<\/td><td>Well supported<\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\">South Azerbaijani (Azerbaijani Turkish) <span class=\"pf-native\" lang=\"azb\" dir=\"rtl\">\u062a\u06c6\u0631\u06a9\u062c\u0647<\/span><\/th><td>Arab<\/td><td>Vazirmatn<\/td><td>Partly supported<\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\">Kurdish (Sorani, Kurmanji, Southern Kurdish) <span class=\"pf-native\" lang=\"ku\" dir=\"rtl\">\u06a9\u0648\u0631\u062f\u06cc \/ Kurd\u00ee<\/span><\/th><td>Arab\/Latn<\/td><td>Estedad, IBM Plex Sans<\/td><td>Partly supported<\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\">Gilaki <span class=\"pf-native\" lang=\"glk\" dir=\"rtl\">\u06af\u06cc\u0644\u06a9\u06cc<\/span><\/th><td>Arab<\/td><td>Vazirmatn<\/td><td>Low resource<\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\">Mazandarani <span class=\"pf-native\" lang=\"mzn\" dir=\"rtl\">\u0645\u0627\u0632\u0631\u0648\u0646\u06cc<\/span><\/th><td>Arab<\/td><td>Vazirmatn<\/td><td>Low resource<\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\">Luri and Bakhtiari <span class=\"pf-native\" lang=\"lrc\" dir=\"rtl\">\u0644\u06ca\u0631\u06cc<\/span><\/th><td>Arab<\/td><td>Vazirmatn<\/td><td>Low resource<\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\">Balochi <span class=\"pf-native\" lang=\"bal\" dir=\"rtl\">\u0628\u0644\u06cf\u0686\u06cc<\/span><\/th><td>Arab<\/td><td>Vazirmatn<\/td><td>Low resource<\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\">Talysh <span class=\"pf-native\" lang=\"tly\" dir=\"rtl\">Tol\u0131\u015fi<\/span><\/th><td>Arab\/Latn<\/td><td>IBM Plex Sans<\/td><td>Low resource<\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\">Armenian (Iranian Armenian) <span class=\"pf-native\" lang=\"hy\" dir=\"ltr\">\u0540\u0561\u0575\u0565\u0580\u0565\u0576<\/span><\/th><td>Armn<\/td><td>Noto Sans Armenian<\/td><td>Well supported<\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\">Assyrian Neo-Aramaic (Urmia) <span class=\"pf-native\" lang=\"aii\" dir=\"rtl\">\u0723\u0718\u072a\u071d\u071d\u0710<\/span><\/th><td>Syrc<\/td><td>Noto Sans Syriac Eastern<\/td><td>Low resource<\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\">Judeo-Persian<\/th><td>Hebr<\/td><td>IBM Plex Sans<\/td><td>Not supported by major engines<\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\">Arabic (Khuzestani and Gulf Arabic) <span class=\"pf-native\" lang=\"ar-IR\" dir=\"rtl\">\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a<\/span><\/th><td>Arab<\/td><td>Vazirmatn<\/td><td>Well supported<\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\">Turkmen <span class=\"pf-native\" lang=\"tk\" dir=\"rtl\">T\u00fcrkmen\u00e7e \/ \u062a\u06c6\u0631\u06a9\u0645\u0646<\/span><\/th><td>Arab\/Latn<\/td><td>IBM Plex Sans, Vazirmatn<\/td><td>Partly supported<\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\">Qashqai <span class=\"pf-native\" lang=\"qxq\" dir=\"rtl\">\u0642\u0634\u0642\u0627\u06cc\u06cc<\/span><\/th><td>Arab<\/td><td>Vazirmatn<\/td><td>Low resource<\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\">Khalaj <span class=\"pf-native\" lang=\"klj\" dir=\"rtl\">\u062e\u0644\u062c<\/span><\/th><td>Arab<\/td><td>Vazirmatn<\/td><td>Not supported by major engines<\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\">Laki <span class=\"pf-native\" lang=\"lki\" dir=\"rtl\">\u0644\u06a9\u06cc<\/span><\/th><td>Arab<\/td><td>Estedad<\/td><td>Not supported by major engines<\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\">Lari (Achomi) <span class=\"pf-native\" lang=\"lrl\" dir=\"rtl\">\u0627\u0686\u0645\u06cc<\/span><\/th><td>Arab<\/td><td>Vazirmatn<\/td><td>Not supported by major engines<\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\">Semnani <span class=\"pf-native\" lang=\"smy\" dir=\"rtl\">\u0633\u0645\u0646\u0627\u0646\u06cc<\/span><\/th><td>Arab<\/td><td>Vazirmatn<\/td><td>Not supported by major engines<\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\">Tati (Takestani) <span class=\"pf-native\" lang=\"tks\" dir=\"rtl\">\u062a\u0627\u062a\u06cc<\/span><\/th><td>Arab<\/td><td>Vazirmatn<\/td><td>Not supported by major engines<\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\">Hawrami (Gorani) <span class=\"pf-native\" lang=\"hac\" dir=\"rtl\">\u0647\u06d5\u0648\u0631\u0627\u0645\u06cc<\/span><\/th><td>Arab<\/td><td>Estedad<\/td><td>Not supported by major engines<\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\">Brahui <span class=\"pf-native\" lang=\"brh\" dir=\"rtl\">\u0628\u0631\u0627\u06c1\u0648\u0626\u06cc<\/span><\/th><td>Arab<\/td><td>Vazirmatn<\/td><td>Not supported by major engines<\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\">Mandaic <span class=\"pf-native\" lang=\"mid\" dir=\"rtl\">\u084c\u0840\u084d\u0843\u0840\u0849\u0840<\/span><\/th><td>Mand<\/td><td>Noto Sans Mandaic<\/td><td>Not supported by major engines<\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\">Georgian (Fereydani) <span class=\"pf-native\" lang=\"ka-IR\" dir=\"ltr\">\u10e5\u10d0\u10e0\u10d7\u10e3\u10da\u10d8<\/span><\/th><td>Geor<\/td><td>Noto Sans Georgian<\/td><td>Partly supported<\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\">Dari <span class=\"pf-native\" lang=\"prs\" dir=\"rtl\">\u062f\u0631\u06cc<\/span><\/th><td>Arab<\/td><td>Vazirmatn<\/td><td>Well supported<\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\">Tajik <span class=\"pf-native\" lang=\"tg\" dir=\"ltr\">\u0422\u043e\u04b7\u0438\u043a\u04e3<\/span><\/th><td>Cyrl<\/td><td>IBM Plex Sans<\/td><td>Partly supported<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"pf-section\" id=\"s3\">\n  <h2 class=\"pf-h2\"><span class=\"pf-num\">03<\/span>The fonts<\/h2>\n  \n  <ul class=\"pf-list\"><li>Latin, Cyrillic and Greek: IBM Plex Sans and Mono, with Noto Sans for Kurdish Cyrillic letters.<\/li><li>Persian, Arabic, Dari and South Azerbaijani: Vazirmatn for text, Estedad for headings.<\/li><li>Kurdish in the Arabic-based script: Estedad, which carries every Kurdish letter.<\/li><li>Armenian, Georgian, Hebrew, Devanagari, Syriac and Mandaic: Noto Sans for each script.<\/li><li>Chinese, Japanese and Korean: the reader&#8217;s own system fonts.<\/li><li>All under the SIL Open Font License. No page asks a third party for a font.<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"pf-section\" id=\"s4\">\n  <h2 class=\"pf-h2\"><span class=\"pf-num\">04<\/span>Standards<\/h2>\n  \n  <ul class=\"pf-features\" role=\"list\"><li class=\"pf-feature\"><span class=\"pf-feature__n\">01<\/span><h3 class=\"pf-feature__title\">ISO 15924<\/h3><p class=\"pf-feature__text\">Four-letter codes for scripts, such as Arab, Latn, Cyrl, Armn, Syrc and Mand.<\/p><p class=\"pf-feature__foot\"><cite class=\"pf-lx-cite\" translate=\"no\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unicode.org\/iso15924\/\" rel=\"noopener\">ISO 15924 codes for the representation of names of scripts. Unicode Consortium, registration authority.<\/a> (2025)<\/cite> <span class=\"pf-chip pf-chip--verified\">Verified<\/span><\/p><\/li><li class=\"pf-feature\"><span class=\"pf-feature__n\">02<\/span><h3 class=\"pf-feature__title\">ISO 639-3<\/h3><p class=\"pf-feature__text\">Three-letter codes for languages, such as pes, kmr, ckb and hye, and macrolanguage codes such as fas and kur.<\/p><p class=\"pf-feature__foot\"><cite class=\"pf-lx-cite\" translate=\"no\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iso639-3.sil.org\" rel=\"noopener\">ISO 639-3 code tables. SIL International, registration authority.<\/a> (2025)<\/cite> <span class=\"pf-chip pf-chip--to-verify\">To verify<\/span><\/p><\/li><li class=\"pf-feature\"><span class=\"pf-feature__n\">03<\/span><h3 class=\"pf-feature__title\">The Unicode Standard<\/h3><p class=\"pf-feature__text\">One code point for every letter, so text in any script can be stored, searched and shown.<\/p><p class=\"pf-feature__foot\"><cite class=\"pf-lx-cite\" translate=\"no\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unicode.org\/versions\/Unicode18.0.0\/\" rel=\"noopener\">The Unicode Standard, version 18.0.0: Unicode Character Database.<\/a> (2026)<\/cite> <span class=\"pf-chip pf-chip--verified\">Verified<\/span><\/p><\/li><li class=\"pf-feature\"><span class=\"pf-feature__n\">04<\/span><h3 class=\"pf-feature__title\">Unicode CLDR<\/h3><p class=\"pf-feature__text\">Locale data: the letters of each language, its digits, date formats and sorting.<\/p><p class=\"pf-feature__foot\"><cite class=\"pf-lx-cite\" translate=\"no\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cldr.unicode.org\" rel=\"noopener\">Unicode Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR), version 49 data.<\/a> (2026)<\/cite> <span class=\"pf-chip pf-chip--verified\">Verified<\/span><\/p><\/li><li class=\"pf-feature\"><span class=\"pf-feature__n\">05<\/span><h3 class=\"pf-feature__title\">ALA-LC romanization tables<\/h3><p class=\"pf-feature__text\">The Library of Congress tables used by libraries to write names and titles in Latin letters.<\/p><p class=\"pf-feature__foot\"><cite class=\"pf-lx-cite\" translate=\"no\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/catdir\/cpso\/roman.html\" rel=\"noopener\">Library of Congress. ALA-LC Romanization Tables.<\/a> (2025)<\/cite> <span class=\"pf-chip pf-chip--verified\">Verified<\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"pf-section\" id=\"s5\">\n  <h2 class=\"pf-h2\"><span class=\"pf-num\">05<\/span>Rules the platform follows<\/h2>\n  \n  <ul class=\"pf-list\"><li>Persian keeps the zero-width non-joiner (U+200C) in words such as \u0645\u06cc\u200c\u0631\u0648\u0645<\/li><li>Search treats Arabic and Persian forms of kaf and yeh as the same letter<\/li><li>Dates show the Solar Hijri calendar alongside the Gregorian<\/li><li>Machine translation is only a labelled reading aid<\/li><li>Low-resource languages get human translation only<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/section><details class=\"pf-cite\" id=\"cite\"><summary>Cite this page<\/summary><div class=\"pf-cite__body\"><dl class=\"pf-cite__list\">\n<div class=\"pf-cite__row\"><dt translate=\"no\">APA<\/dt><dd><p class=\"pf-cite__text\" id=\"pf-cite-apa\" translate=\"no\">Iranian Diaspora Cooperation &#38; Development Council. 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Not yet reviewed.<\/p>\n  <ol class=\"pf-srchub\" role=\"list\"><li class=\"pf-srchub__item\">\n  <p class=\"pf-srchub__t\" translate=\"no\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.18653\/v1\/2022.wanlp-1.36\" rel=\"noopener\">Beyond Arabic: Software for Perso-Arabic Script Manipulation<\/a><\/p>\n  <p class=\"pf-srchub__m\" translate=\"no\">Alexander Gutkin, Cibu Johny, Raiomond Doctor et al. \u00b7 2022 \u00b7 Proceedings of the Seventh Arabic Natural Language Processing Workshop (WANLP)<\/p>\n  <p class=\"pf-srchub__b\"><span class=\"pf-srchub__k\">Article<\/span><span class=\"pf-srchub__src\" translate=\"no\">Crossref<\/span><span class=\"pf-srchub__src\" translate=\"no\">DataCite<\/span><span class=\"pf-srchub__src\" translate=\"no\">arXiv<\/span><span class=\"pf-srchub__oa\">Open access<\/span><span class=\"pf-srchub__l\" translate=\"no\">CC-BY-SA-4.0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li><li class=\"pf-srchub__item\">\n  <p class=\"pf-srchub__t\" translate=\"no\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.36824\/2022-graf-gutk\" rel=\"noopener\">Graphemic Normalization of the Perso-Arabic Script<\/a><\/p>\n  <p class=\"pf-srchub__m\" translate=\"no\">Raiomond Doctor, Alexander Gutkin, Cibu Johny et al. \u00b7 2022 \u00b7 Grapholinguistics and Its Applications<\/p>\n  <p class=\"pf-srchub__b\"><span class=\"pf-srchub__k\">Article<\/span><span class=\"pf-srchub__src\" translate=\"no\">Crossref<\/span><span class=\"pf-srchub__src\" translate=\"no\">DataCite<\/span><span class=\"pf-srchub__src\" translate=\"no\">arXiv<\/span><span class=\"pf-srchub__oa\">Open access<\/span><span class=\"pf-srchub__l\" translate=\"no\">CC-BY-SA-4.0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li><li class=\"pf-srchub__item\">\n  <p class=\"pf-srchub__t\" translate=\"no\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5281\/zenodo.22729907\" rel=\"noopener\">Does Script Matter? Evaluating Large Language Models for Urdu Sentiment Analysis across Nastaliq, Roman Urdu, and Code-Switched Text<\/a><\/p>\n  <p class=\"pf-srchub__m\" translate=\"no\">Yousaf Khawar Raja \u00b7 2026 \u00b7 Zenodo<\/p>\n  <p class=\"pf-srchub__b\"><span class=\"pf-srchub__k\">Preprint<\/span><span class=\"pf-srchub__src\" translate=\"no\">Zenodo<\/span><span class=\"pf-srchub__oa\">Open access<\/span><span class=\"pf-srchub__l\" translate=\"no\">CC-BY-4.0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li><li class=\"pf-srchub__item\">\n  <p class=\"pf-srchub__t\" translate=\"no\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.55277\/researchhub.xnb06npi.1\" rel=\"noopener\">{pdf download} Modern Persian Script Hacking: The optimal way to learn the Persian \/ Farsi alphabet by Judith Meyer<\/a><\/p>\n  <p class=\"pf-srchub__m\" translate=\"no\">Brigette Carter \u00b7 2026 \u00b7 ResearchHub Technologies, Inc.<\/p>\n  <p class=\"pf-srchub__b\"><span class=\"pf-srchub__k\">Report<\/span><span class=\"pf-srchub__src\" translate=\"no\">Crossref<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li><li class=\"pf-srchub__item\">\n  <p class=\"pf-srchub__t\" translate=\"no\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.22055\/pyk.2021.17277\" rel=\"noopener\">The Role of Religious Concepts in the Nastaliq Inscriptions of Safavid Monuments<\/a><\/p>\n  <p class=\"pf-srchub__m\" translate=\"no\">Farhad Khosravi Bizhaem \u00b7 2021 \u00b7 \u067e\u06cc\u06a9\u0631\u0647<\/p>\n  <p class=\"pf-srchub__b\"><span class=\"pf-srchub__k\">Article<\/span><span class=\"pf-srchub__src\" translate=\"no\">DOAJ<\/span><span class=\"pf-srchub__oa\">Open access<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li><li class=\"pf-srchub__item\">\n  <p class=\"pf-srchub__t\" translate=\"no\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.22070\/negareh.2019.957\" rel=\"noopener\">Identifying and Introducing of Nastaliq Inscriptions Calligraphers in Safavids Monuments of Iran<\/a><\/p>\n  <p class=\"pf-srchub__m\" translate=\"no\">Farhad Khosravi Bizhaem \u00b7 2019 \u00b7 \u0646\u06af\u0631\u0647<\/p>\n  <p class=\"pf-srchub__b\"><span class=\"pf-srchub__k\">Article<\/span><span class=\"pf-srchub__src\" translate=\"no\">DOAJ<\/span><span class=\"pf-srchub__oa\">Open access<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li><li class=\"pf-srchub__item\">\n  <p class=\"pf-srchub__t\" translate=\"no\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3724\/2096-7004.di.2025.0035\" rel=\"noopener\">Design and Validation of the Novel Perso-Arabic Database in Shahmukhi Punjabi Script<\/a><\/p>\n  <p class=\"pf-srchub__m\" translate=\"no\">Humera Rafique, Dr. Tariq Javid \u00b7 2025 \u00b7 Data Intelligence<\/p>\n  <p class=\"pf-srchub__b\"><span class=\"pf-srchub__k\">Article<\/span><span class=\"pf-srchub__src\" translate=\"no\">Crossref<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li><li class=\"pf-srchub__item\">\n  <p class=\"pf-srchub__t\" translate=\"no\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/oed\/8118257891\" rel=\"noopener\">nastaliq, n. &amp; adj.<\/a><\/p>\n  <p class=\"pf-srchub__m\" translate=\"no\">2023 \u00b7 Oxford English Dictionary<\/p>\n  <p class=\"pf-srchub__b\"><span class=\"pf-srchub__k\">Chapter<\/span><span class=\"pf-srchub__src\" translate=\"no\">Crossref<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li><li class=\"pf-srchub__item\">\n  <p class=\"pf-srchub__t\" translate=\"no\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5281\/zenodo.15868719\" rel=\"noopener\">SMAjram: A Large-Scale Synthetic OCR Dataset for Punjabi Shahmukhi (Perso-Arabic) Script<\/a><\/p>\n  <p class=\"pf-srchub__m\" translate=\"no\">HUMERA RAFIQUE, TARIQ JAVID \u00b7 2025 \u00b7 Ground Truth Files (AjramGTXL.Zip) Description (9 XL files inside) Sr. Ground Truth Files File Description 1 1_2_AjramGT_Primary File names and labels of Main a<\/p>\n  <p class=\"pf-srchub__b\"><span class=\"pf-srchub__k\">Dataset<\/span><span class=\"pf-srchub__src\" translate=\"no\">DataCite<\/span><span class=\"pf-srchub__src\" translate=\"no\">Zenodo<\/span><span class=\"pf-srchub__oa\">Open access<\/span><span class=\"pf-srchub__l\" translate=\"no\">CC-BY-4.0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li><li class=\"pf-srchub__item\">\n  <p class=\"pf-srchub__t\" translate=\"no\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.22070\/negareh.2019.4258.2148\" rel=\"noopener\">A Comparative Study of the Dot\u2019s Shape in Traditional Way of Nastaliq Script and Dot\u2019s Implementation in Computer-based Types<\/a><\/p>\n  <p class=\"pf-srchub__m\" translate=\"no\">hoda kaspour, Abdolreza Charei \u00b7 2019 \u00b7 \u0646\u06af\u0631\u0647<\/p>\n  <p class=\"pf-srchub__b\"><span class=\"pf-srchub__k\">Article<\/span><span class=\"pf-srchub__src\" translate=\"no\">DOAJ<\/span><span class=\"pf-srchub__oa\">Open access<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li><li class=\"pf-srchub__item\">\n  <p class=\"pf-srchub__t\" translate=\"no\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5281\/zenodo.3254880\" rel=\"noopener\">Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. al-Riy\u0101\u1e0d, Maktabah al-&#8216;\u0101mah al-sa&#8217;\u016bd\u012byah. Copy of the Qur&#8217;\u0101n, in so-called Bih\u0101r\u012b script, with interlinear Persian, from India, about 1500 CE.<\/a><\/p>\n  <p class=\"pf-srchub__m\" translate=\"no\">M Willis \u00b7 2019 \u00b7 Zenodo<\/p>\n  <p class=\"pf-srchub__b\"><span class=\"pf-srchub__k\">Other<\/span><span class=\"pf-srchub__src\" translate=\"no\">Zenodo<\/span><span class=\"pf-srchub__oa\">Open access<\/span><span class=\"pf-srchub__l\" translate=\"no\">CC-BY-4.0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li><li class=\"pf-srchub__item\">\n  <p class=\"pf-srchub__t\" translate=\"no\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4324\/9780429264047-4\" rel=\"noopener\">Toward semiotics of Nastaliq calligraphy<\/a><\/p>\n  <p class=\"pf-srchub__m\" translate=\"no\">Mahdiyeh Meidani \u00b7 2019 \u00b7 Persian Calligraphy<\/p>\n  <p class=\"pf-srchub__b\"><span class=\"pf-srchub__k\">Chapter<\/span><span class=\"pf-srchub__src\" translate=\"no\">Crossref<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li><\/ol><p class=\"pf-srchub__foot\">Sources, licences and fetch dates: <span translate=\"no\">arXiv (<a href=\"https:\/\/info.arxiv.org\/help\/api\/tou.html\" rel=\"noopener\">Metadata CC0 1.0; papers under their own licences<\/a>), 2026-10-23; Crossref (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.crossref.org\/documentation\/retrieve-metadata\/rest-api\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Metadata facts, any use; abstracts may be publisher-owned and are never shown<\/a>), 2026-10-23; DataCite (<a href=\"https:\/\/support.datacite.org\/docs\/datacite-metadata-schema\" rel=\"noopener\">CC0 1.0 (DataCite metadata)<\/a>), 2026-10-23; DOAJ (<a href=\"https:\/\/doaj.org\/terms\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Metadata CC0 1.0 (DOAJ); articles under their own open licences<\/a>), 2026-10-23; Zenodo (<a href=\"https:\/\/about.zenodo.org\/terms\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Metadata CC0 1.0; each record under its own licence<\/a>), 2026-10-23.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<aside class=\"pf-closing\" aria-label=\"Build it with us\"><div class=\"pf-closing__text\"><h2 class=\"pf-closing__title\">Build it with us<\/h2><p>Join as a member, or tell us what your city needs. 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