Aref Ruqaa — Free Arabic Google Font
Aref Ruqaa aims to capture the classical Ruq'ah calligraphic tradition — the fast, simplified handwriting style most native Arabic speakers actually use day to day — in a set typeface. Khaled Hosny paired it with a Latin design adapted from AMS Euler, respaced for ordinary reading rather than mathematics.
About Aref Ruqaa
Designers: Abdullah Aref, Khaled Hosny, Hermann Zapf
Best used for
- Personal, handwritten-feel design
- Informal or friendly brand voices
- Everyday Arabic-script text
Styles & weights
Aref Ruqaa ships with 2 weights on this site, self-hosted alongside every other font here so downloads never depend on a third-party server.
- 400 — Regular Download .ttf
- 700 — Bold 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 Aref Ruqaa
Every weight is available individually above as a .ttf, or grab the whole family at once:
Using Aref Ruqaa on the web
Load it from the Google Fonts CDN:
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Aref+Ruqaa:wght@400;700&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">Then reference it in your CSS:
font-family: "Aref Ruqaa", sans-serif;License
Aref Ruqaa 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 Aref Ruqaa 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 Ruq'ah designs specifically, browse the whole Ruq'ah 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.