Noto Nastaliq Urdu — Free Arabic Google Font
Noto Nastaliq Urdu is Google's take on the cursive, hanging-baseline Nastaliq style most associated with Urdu (and Persian) rather than standard Arabic-language text. It's the right choice specifically when a project needs authentic Nastaliq shaping, not a substitute for Naskh or Kufi Arabic fonts.
About Noto Nastaliq Urdu
Designer: Google
Best used for
- Urdu-language content
- Persian/Farsi Nastaliq text
- Poetry and literary typesetting
Styles & weights
Noto Nastaliq Urdu 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 Noto Nastaliq Urdu
Every weight is available individually above as a .ttf, or grab the whole family at once:
Using Noto Nastaliq Urdu on the web
Load it from the Google Fonts CDN:
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Noto+Nastaliq+Urdu:wght@400;500;600;700&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">Then reference it in your CSS:
font-family: "Noto Nastaliq Urdu", sans-serif;License
Noto Nastaliq Urdu 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 Noto Nastaliq Urdu 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 Nastaliq designs specifically, browse the whole Farisi (Nasta'liq) 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.