The Arabic glyphs are accompanied by Latin letters designed to achieve a balance of color, weight and proportion between the two scripts. This means that documents incorporating several language will have a harmonious appearance. In addition to providing all the correct shapes for quality Arabic typesetting, the same care and consistency has been applied in glyphs used for the many other languages, such as Farsi, Urdu, Sindhi, etc., that are written in variants of the Arabic script. The graceful curves, the dynamic of blunt and rounded terminals, and the contrast between thick and thin strokes are consistent and lively throughout the typeface. Great care was taken in the design and digitization of all outlines.

The font contains over 2,100 glyphs, including contextual alternates, ligatures, and language-specific forms. It achieves maximum readability by opening bowls and counters, balancing the proportions of stroke and white space in letters that typically cause problems at small sizes, and by contextually differentiating similar forms.

The font provides fine typographic control by marrying the latest OpenType technology to traditional calligraphic and typographic models.

This typeface is particularly well suited for traditional book typography, an area neglected by digital type. This font is a testament to the quality achievable when applying rigorous standards to modern digital typography. Arabic Typesetting is an OpenType typeface designed as a modern interpretation of the traditional Naskh style.

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