Tutorials
OpenType Features in Arabic Fonts: Ligatures and Contextual Alternates
How OpenType's init, medi, fina, and isol substitution features and required ligatures like lam-alif let Arabic fonts join their letters correctly on screen.
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Tutorials
7 Common Arabic Typography Mistakes (and How to Fix Them)
Broken letter connections, wrong-direction text, mismatched fonts — the Arabic typography mistakes that undermine otherwise good designs, and fixes.
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How to Post Arabic Calligraphy on Instagram: Sizes, Formats, and Tips
Right sizes, formats, and design tips for posting Arabic calligraphy on Instagram — feed posts, Stories, Reels covers, and profile-ready exports.
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Arabic Typography Accessibility: Designing for Screen Readers
How to write real alt text for calligraphic images, set the lang="ar" attribute correctly, and handle diacritics so Arabic content works for screen readers.
Tutorials
RTL Web Design: A Developer's Guide to Building Arabic Websites
A developer's guide to RTL web design: the dir attribute, CSS logical properties, the Unicode Bidi Algorithm, and how to actually test Arabic layouts.
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PNG vs SVG: Which Export Format Is Best for Your Arabic Calligraphy Design?
A clear breakdown of when to export your Arabic calligraphy design as PNG versus SVG, with guidance for print, web, and social media use cases.