Typophile

Arabic Naskh typeface with bold

Moiz Nagpurwala

Hello all,
I'm looking for this font for use in my publications.

This font is used in many books published by دار الأضواء - بيروت (Dar-al-Adwaa - Beirut). It comes with Bold variant, as seen in the sample.
The sample I had attached is from a book named Tawil-al-Daim.

Please help in identifying this font for me.

Thanks and regards.

Moiz.

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Vladimir Tamari

Hello Moiz
What is the date of the book? This style looks very familiar and easy on the eye - books and newspapers printed in letterpress (hand-set metal type) in the 1950's looked like this!
Best wishes,
Vladimir

Moiz Nagpurwala

Thanks Vladimir.

The date of publication is unknown to me.

Mamoun

This is a variation of Monotype Naskh:
http://www.monotypeimaging.com/productsservices/wt_fontsample.aspx?type=...

A version of this is licensed to Microsoft and included in Windows core fonts as Traditional Arabic. I have done a number of subtle revisions and enhancements to this version over the past few years :
http://www.microsoft.com/typography/Fonts/font.aspx?FMID=877

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