Amiri — Free Arabic Google Font
Amiri revives the classical Naskh typeface pioneered by Cairo's Bulaq Press (Amiria Press) in the early 20th century — the style much of the printed Arabic-language book tradition is built on. Khaled Hosny and Sebastian Kosch's digital revival keeps that scholarly, book-page character, making it a natural fit for long-form reading.
About Amiri
A scholarly revival of the classical typefaces used by Bulaq Press in early-20th-century Cairo, Amiri carries real historical weight while staying legible at body-text sizes — the standard choice for long-form Arabic reading, from articles to full ebooks.
Designers: Khaled Hosny, Sebastian Kosch
Best used for
- Books and long-form reading
- Qur'anic and religious text
- Scholarly and editorial publishing
Styles & weights
Amiri ships with 4 weights on this site, self-hosted alongside every other font here so downloads never depend on a third-party server.
- 400 — Regular Download .ttf
- 400 — Regular (Italic) Download .ttf
- 700 — Bold Download .ttf
- 700 — Bold (Italic) Download .ttf
Arabic character preview
ا ب ت ث ج ح خ د ذ ر ز س ش ص ض ط ظ ع غ ف ق ك ل م ن ه و ي
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم — مرحبا بالعالم — ٠١٢٣٤٥٦٧٨٩
Download Amiri
Every weight is available individually above as a .ttf, or grab the whole family at once:
Using Amiri on the web
Load it from the Google Fonts CDN:
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Amiri:wght@400;700&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">Then reference it in your CSS:
font-family: "Amiri", sans-serif;License
Amiri is published under the SIL Open Font License (OFL). In practice that means you can use it freely in personal and commercial projects — including embedding it in websites, apps, and printed designs — at no cost. The license does restrict selling the font file on its own; read the exact terms before any edge-case use.
Read the full license text on Google's official font repository ↗
Want to see Amiri next to the rest of the library? The Google Fonts Arabic browser lets you filter and compare every font on this page at once, and the Arabic font style previewer covers the full 291-style collection beyond just Google Fonts. If you like Naskh designs specifically, browse the whole Naskh category. Once you've picked a font, the Arabic calligraphy generator lets you set it in a finished design — gradients, backgrounds, and export as PNG, JPG, SVG, or PDF.