Katibeh — Free Arabic Google Font
Katibeh blends Naskh's readability with flourishes borrowed from the more ornamental Thuluth script, landing somewhere between archaic and contemporary. Its small serif-like outstrokes and Naskh-derived ligatures make it more comfortable at headline length than most Thuluth-inspired display faces.
About Katibeh
Designer: KB Studio
Best used for
- Ceremonial titles and headings
- Wedding and invitation design
- Thuluth-style display text
Styles & weights
Katibeh ships with 1 weight on this site, self-hosted alongside every other font here so downloads never depend on a third-party server.
- 400 — Regular 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 Katibeh
Every weight is available individually above as a .ttf, or grab the whole family at once:
Using Katibeh on the web
Load it from the Google Fonts CDN:
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Katibeh:wght@400&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">Then reference it in your CSS:
font-family: "Katibeh", sans-serif;License
Katibeh 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 Katibeh 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.