Egyptian Arabic fonts - how do I download suitable font?

[philippathefrog]

i've bought CC english-arabic

it only includes standard arabic fonts i think

need version that is ok for egyptian arabic

thanks

[amaarora]

Hi,

You can also add fonts from Typekit and use them in your InDesign document.Add fonts to your desktop from Typekit

What font are you looking for?

Additionally you can install any locale version of InDesign by changing the below setting in the Creative Cloud Desktop app.

-Aman

[mollybd · Accepted solution]

Three Arabic fonts are offered by Typekit at this time: Browse fonts | Typekit ​

If you are unsure whether the font wil support the Arabic characters you require, I recommend entering those characters in the type tester tool on one of the font family pages. If the character appears correctly there, it will be supported by the font.

I hope this helps!

[Zaid Al Hilali]

There is no such thing as Egyptian Arabic when it comes to typing Arabic. The three free Arabic fonts from Adobe which mollybd pointed out are suitable for any Arabic articles. If you want to purchase Arabic fonts that are different from the standard free fonts from Adobe, then you can check with Lynotype or Grapheast and many other vendors but rest assured the free Adobe fonts are good.

[philippathefrog]

Hi all, thanks so much for your answers, sounds like I should try with

adobe Arabic. I've been looking through my notes, one reason I was worried

was for any specific letters that are written a bit different in

Egypt/Sudan than some regions , like yā’ . I'd also heard a colleague

was using an Arabic font on her computer that changed how some

letters/spacing looked from her translation. I don't know letters/writing

well enough to spot anything like that. so just wanted to make sure before

I got going cutting and pasting in my text. thanks

On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 9:21 AM, Zaid Al Hilali <forums_noreply@adobe.com>

[Test Screen Name]

I've looked at this (a little: I'm interested in fonts but don't speak or write Arabic!)

Consider in English we have lower case "a". This comes in lots of shapes and sizes but they change with the font installed; we just consider this style and not a different letter. But there are variations which change the meaning, or which people might consider plain wrong.

In Arabic, there may be a wide variety of letter styles; spacing is likely to change with a different font. In Arabic we also have four different forms of every letter according to where it appears in a word. But we also do have some regional variations like the "ya" you mentioned. According to Wikipedia (which makes anyone an expert) ya takes the four forms

ـي

ـيـ

يـ

ي

But according to Arabic alphabet - Wikipedia , in Egypt and Syria we may see different forms of the same letter, without dots for some of them and a different shape for others.

ی‎

ـی‎

ـیـ‎

یـ‎

So far this matches what you mention. Note though that the last two are the same letter with a different style, like "a" mentioned above. But what does this mean for copy/paste? In fact, each of the different letters has a different Unicode value. ي is U+064A while ی is U+06CC. So if you copy/paste things are likely to be technically correct even if the appearance changes.

[Zaid Al Hilali]

When we type Arabic in Arab world (24 countries including Egypt and Sudan) we all use same alphabets. If however some would like to type a non-formal text on social media for instance then they would substitute few characters to sound differently but this is all informal, few even use these substitute characters on a shop sign but never in a book, magazine, or websites.

Can I know what sort of publication you're working on?

[philippathefrog]

Hi, yes, it's a small booklet (around 45 pages) on agriculture crops and

heritage in northern Sudan. It will be made available as a booklet that

i'll distribute locally, and i'll finish the writing of it there and have

it printed in Khartoum. I'll have limited internet for some of the time, so

wanted to make sure i downloaded anything like fonts before leaving. I'm

yet to set the keyboard on my computer too, but generally cutting and

pasting in text from a word doc. then i've someone who'll help with edits

there, but who will be using word (and with me cutting and pasting). I'll

put the doc on line too/distribute more broadly. But its primarily for

villages along the Nile in the north. Thanks

On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 3:48 AM, Zaid Al Hilali <forums_noreply@adobe.com>

[graphic_designer_oman]

What is Egyptian Arabic! i think if your version supports Arabic it will support all countries