Nafees Web Naskh

Release Note
Center for Research in Urdu Language Processing (CRULP, http://www.crulp.org/) at National
University of Computer and Emerging Sciences (http://www.nu.edu.pk/) is pleased to announce
updated version of character-based Nafees Web Naskh Open Type Font for writing Urdu in Naskh
script based on Unicode standard. This updated version has complete support of Aerabs for Urdu and
updated glyphs for Latin. Guidance and calligraphy of basic glyphs for the font has been provided by
Syed Jameel-ur-Rehman. He is pupil of Syed Nafees Shah and Hafiz Syed Anees-ul-Hassan. Nafees
Web Naskh OTF contains approximately 330 glyphs, including 5 ligatures.
We hope that release of these fonts from CRULP will trigger extensive usage of Urdu over the
internet, and electronic communication and publication, and promote the cause of Urdu
computing.
You may send your comments and report bugs at CrulpFonts@nu.edu.pk

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