Overview
Andalus is an Arabic display font. Its design is a modern interpretation of Kairawani Kufic. This font is suitable for headlines, titles, posters, and any graphic design project where artistic flavor is desired.
- This font has shipped with Windows since Windows 3.1 (Arabic edition) as a TrueType font.
- Version 5.92 shipped with Windows 7, support for advance OpenType layout tables to improve marks positioning and other typographic enhancements were added.
- Version 5.99 shipped with Windows 8, we added traditional phrase-ligatures and support for end-of-Ayat mark to make Andalus more user-friendly to native Arabic language users.
| Description | |
|---|---|
| File name | Andlso.ttf |
| Styles & Weights | Andalus |
| Copyright | Copyright 1993 Glyph Systems, Limited Partnership. Portions © 2011 The Monotype Corporation. All Rights Reserved. |
| Designers | Mohammad Alagha, Mamoun Sakkal |
| Font vendor | Glyph Systems, Monotype Corporation |
| Script Tags | dlng:'Arab' slng:'Arab', 'Latn' |
| Code pages | 1252 Latin 1 1256 Arabic |
| Fixed pitch | False |
Licensing and redistribution info
- Font redistribution FAQ for Windows
- License Microsoft fonts for enterprises, web developers, for hardware & software redistribution or server installations
Products that supply this font
| Product name | Font version |
|---|---|
| Windows 11 | See the Windows 11 page. |
| Windows 10 | See the Windows 10 page. |
| Windows 8.1 | See the Windows 8.1 page. |
| Windows 8 | See the Windows 8 page. |
| Windows 7 | See the Windows 7 page. |
| Windows Vista | 5.00 |
| Windows XP | 1.01 |
| Windows 2000 | 1.01 |
Style & weight examples
- Figure 1: Andalus is an Arabic display font based on Kairawani Kufic calligraphy.
- Figure 2: Traditional phrase-ligatures added in version 5.99