El Messiri — Free Arabic Google Font
El Messiri's Arabic component, by Mohamed Gaber, imagines Naskh drawn with a brush rather than the traditional reed pen, giving it a curved, flowing warmth. It pairs with Jovanny Lemonad's Latin design (based on his Philosopher typeface) and works as comfortably in small interface text as it does at display size.
About El Messiri
Designers: Mohamed Gaber, Jovanny Lemonad
Best used for
- Warm, brush-inspired branding
- Editorial and lifestyle design
- Small-to-large size flexibility
Styles & weights
El Messiri 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
- 500 — Medium Download .ttf
- 600 — SemiBold 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 El Messiri
Every weight is available individually above as a .ttf, or grab the whole family at once:
Using El Messiri on the web
Load it from the Google Fonts CDN:
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=El+Messiri:wght@400;500;600;700&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">Then reference it in your CSS:
font-family: "El Messiri", sans-serif;License
El Messiri 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 El Messiri 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. 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.