[Pkg-fonts-devel] Bug#597441: ITP: amiri -- Naskh style, typographically oriented font, mainly for printing and running text.

[أحمد المحمودي <aelmahmoudy@sabily.org>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: "أحمد المحمودي" <aelmahmoudy@sabily.org>


* Package name    : amiri
  Version         : 0.001
  Upstream Author : Khaled Hosny <khaledhosny@eglug.org>
* URL             : http://naskh.sf.net
* License         : OFL
  Programming Lang: N/A
  Description     : Naskh style, typographically oriented font, mainly for printing and running text

Amiri font is a Naskh style, typographically oriented font, mainly for
printing and running text.

Amiri font is a revival of the beautiful typeface pioneered by Bulaq
Press, also known as Amiria Press, hence the name.

The uniqueness  of this  typeface comes  from its  superb balance
between the  beauty of  Naskh calligraphy  on the  one hand,  and the
constraints  and requirements of elegant typography on the other.  Also,
it is one of the  few metal typefaces that were used in  typesetting the
Koran (as opposed to  the usual handwritten calligraphy), making it a
good source for a typeface to be used in typesetting Koranic verses.

Amiri Font Project aims  at the revival  of the aesthetics and
traditions of Arabic  typesetting (if partially), and  adapting it to
the era of  digital typesetting, in a publicly available form.