Author: SIL Writing Systems Technology

# Lateef - Design

Lateef provides a “simplified” rendering of Arabic script, using basic connecting glyphs but not including a wide variety of additional ligatures or contextual alternates (only the required lam-alef ligatures). This simplified style is often preferred for clarity, especially in non-Arabic languages.

Seven weights for this typeface family are included:

- Lateef ExtraLight
- Lateef Light
- Lateef Regular
- Lateef Medium
- Lateef SemiBold
- Lateef Bold
- Lateef ExtraBold

## Type Samples

Type samples showing some of the inventory of glyphs can be found here: Lateef Type Sample.

Examples of some text is shown below.

Lateef Sample - Seven weights
Lateef Sample - Genesis 11

## Character Set

For a complete list of characters included in Lateef, see Character Set Support.

## Rendering the Allah ligature

In certain types of literature, the name Allah and words related to this name are given unique rendering. For a list of the rendering rules, see Rendering the Allah ligature.

## Font Features

Alternate glyphs that are available through features are demonstrated in the Features document.