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The Uighur (or Uyghur) language is used in parts of China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and a large number of other countries. It is primarily written using a form of Arabic script, although the Cyrillic alphabet is used in parts of the former Soviet Union.
Several letters specific to Uighur were added to the Persian script, which itself is an adaptation of Arabic script.
Arabic script is written from right-to-left.Since Arabic script is cursive, the appearance of a letter changes depending on its context/position: isolated, initial (joined on the left), medial (joined on both sides), and final (joined on the right). Arabic codepoints in the U+0600 - U+06FF range represent all of the letters without regard to their position. It is up to the font to show the letter with the proper appearance. For compatibility with existing standards, Unicode also defined codepoints with explicit positions for most letters (ARABIC PRESENTATION FORMS-A & -B), although use of these characters is discouraged. Likewise, explicit ligatures are also encoded in the PRESENTATION blocks.
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Arabic Typesetting
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(arabtype.volt.ttf) Note: Includes VOLT tables. Source: Available from the Microsoft VOLT users community. Once you sign up, download the "Volt supplemental files" self-extracting archive (voltsupplementalfiles.exe) listed under "What's New". A later, more complete version comes with Microsoft Office Proofing Tools 2003. Stats: Version 0.3 2001 has 1,901 glyphs and no kerning pairs Support: Arabic script (Arabic, Ajami, Azeri, Balochi, Berber, Brahui, Kazakh, Kirghiz Kurdish, Jawi, Pashto, Persian, Shahmukhi, Sindhi, Uighur, Urdu, Uzbek), Latin OpenType Layout Tables: Arabic (default, zz01) |
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Arial
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(arial.ttf, arialbd.ttf, arialbi.ttf and ariali.ttf) Source: Supplied with the Windows XP SP2 (service pack 2) update. Older versions were supplied with various Microsoft products and the Smart package of Microsoft's core fonts project. Stats: Version 3.00 has 1,674 glyphs and 909 kerning pairs Support: Arabic script (Arabic, Ajami, Azeri, Balochi, Berber, Brahui, Kazakh, Kirghiz Kurdish, Lahnda, Jawi, Pashto, Persian, Shahmukhi, Sindhi, Uighur, Urdu, Uzbek), Cyrillic (Russian plus other Slavic and non-Slavic languages), Greek, Hebrew, Latin, Vietnamese. Warning: Versions prior to 3.00 supported only the Arabic letters used for Arabic and Persian languages. OpenType Layout Tables: Arabic (default, MAR) |
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BPG Glaho Arial V5 Big
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(BPG_Glaho_Arial_V5_big.ttf) Note: There is also a BPG-specific font called "Arial Unicode MS" (BPG_Glaho_Arial_Unicode_MS_V5.ttf) with similar Unicode range support as BPG Glaho Arial V5 Big. Source: Free download from either the shavlego file area or the bpgfonts file area. Stats: Version 3.00 has 1,757 glyphs and 1,172 kerning pairs Support: Arabic script (Arabic, Ajami, Azeri, Balochi, Berber, Brahui, Kashmiri, Kazakh, Kirghiz Kurdish, Lahnda, Jawi, Pashto, Persian, Shahmukhi, Sindhi, Uighur, Urdu, Uzbek), Cyrillic (Russian plus other Slavic and non-Slavic languages), Georgian (Mkhedruli), Greek, Hebrew, Latin, Vietnamese OpenType Layout Tables: Arabic (...), Latin |
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Code2000
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(code2000.ttf) Source: Download this shareware font ($5) from James Kass's webpage. Stats: Version 1.16 has 61,864 glyphs and 239 kerning pairs Support: Arabic script (Arabic, Baluchi, Kirghiz, Persian, Shahmukhi, Sindhi, Uighur, Urdu, Uzbek), Armenian, Bengali, Braille, Canadian Syllabics (all syllabaries, all characters), Cherokee, Chinese (Bopomofo only, including Extended), Cirth, Coptic, Cyrillic (all or most of range), Devanagari, Ethiopic (including supplement and extended blocks), Ewellic, Georgian (Mkhedruli and Asomtavruli), Greek (including polytonic and Coptic characters), Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Hebrew, IPA, Japanese (Hiragana, Katakana, Kanji/Han Ideographs including Extension A), Klingon, Korean (Hangul only), Lao, Latin, Limbu, Mongolian, N'Ko, Ogham, Phaistos, Runic, Syriac, Tamil, Telugu, Tengwar, Thaana, Thai, Tifinagh, Vietnamese, Yi OpenType Layout Tables: Arabic, Armenian, Bengali, Buhid, Cyrillic, Devanagari, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Han Ideographic, Hangul, Hangul Jamo, Hebrew, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Latin, Malayalam, Mongolian, Myanmar, N'Ko, Tamil, Telugu, Thai |
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Lateef
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(LateefRegOT.ttf) Source: Free download from SIL International's Arabic script Unicode font page. Stats: Version 1.0rc1 build 117/117 has 1,147 glyphs and no kerning pairs Support: Arabic script (Arabic, Ajami, Azeri, Balochi, Berber, Brahui, Kashmiri, Kazakh, Kirghiz Kurdish, Lahnda, Jawi, Parkari, Pashto, Persian, Shahmukhi, Sindhi, Uighur, Urdu, Uzbek; Also includes letters in the "Arabic Supplement" block), Latin OpenType Layout Tables: Arabic (default, Kurdish, Sindhi, Urdu), Latin |
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Microsoft Sans Serif
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(micross.ttf) Source: Supplied with Windows XP SP2 (service pack 2). Older versions were supplied with Windows XP and Windows 2000. Stats: Version 1.41 has 2,257 glyphs and no kerning pairs Support: Arabic script (Arabic, Ajami, Azeri, Balochi, Berber, Brahui, Kazakh, Kirghiz Kurdish, Lahnda, Jawi, Pashto, Persian, Shahmukhi, Sindhi, Uighur, Urdu, Uzbek), Cyrillic (all or most of range), Greek (including polytonic and Coptic characters), Hebrew, Latin (basic and beyond), Thai, Vietnamese Warning: IPA, Greek polytonic, Greek Coptic, and many Cyrillic characters were only added with version 1.41. OpenType Layout Tables: Arabic (default, MAR) |
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PakType Naqsh
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(PakType Naqsh 2.2.ttf) Style is handwritten. Source: Free download from the Pakistani Typography (PakType) Project. Stats: Version 2.2 has 1,849 glyphs and no kerning pairs Support: Arabic script (Arabic, Ajami, Azeri, Balochi, Berber, Brahui, Kashmiri, Kazakh, Kirghiz Kurdish, Lahnda, Jawi, Parkari, Pashto, Persian, Shahmukhi, Sindhi, Uighur, Urdu, Uzbek), IPA, Latin, Vietnamese OpenType Layout Tables: Arabic |
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PakType Tehreer
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(PakType-Tehreer1.3.ttf) Source: Free download from the Pakistani Typography (PakType) Project. Stats: Version 1.3 has 869 glyphs and 480 kerning pairs Support: Arabic script (Arabic, Ajami, Azeri, Balochi, Berber, Brahui, Kashmiri, Kazakh, Kirghiz Kurdish, Lahnda, Jawi, Parkari, Pashto, Persian, Shahmukhi, Sindhi, Uighur, Urdu, Uzbek; Also includes letters in the "Arabic Supplement" block) OpenType Layout Tables: Arabic (default, Sindhi, Urdu) |
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Riwaj
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(Riwaj.ttf) Note: Contains no European digits (U+0030 - U+0039). Source: Free download from the Hifazat e Quran site. Stats: Version 1.1 has 581 glyphs and no kerning pairs Support: Arabic script (Arabic, Ajami, Azeri, Balochi, Berber, Brahui, Kashmiri, Kazakh, Kirghiz Kurdish, Lahnda, Jawi, Pashto, Persian, Shahmukhi, Sindhi, Uighur, Urdu, Uzbek) OpenType Layout Tables: Arabic |
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Scheherazade
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(ScheherazadeRegOT.ttf) Source: Free download from SIL International's Arabic script Unicode font page. Stats: Version 1.0rc1 build 117/117 has 1,197 glyphs and no kerning pairs Support: Arabic script (Arabic, Ajami, Azeri, Balochi, Berber, Brahui, Kashmiri, Kazakh, Kirghiz Kurdish, Lahnda, Jawi, Parkari, Pashto, Persian, Shahmukhi, Sindhi, Uighur, Urdu, Uzbek; Also includes letters in the "Arabic Supplement" block), Latin OpenType Layout Tables: Arabic (default, Kurdish, Sindhi, Urdu) |
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Tahoma
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(tahoma.ttf and tahomabd.ttf) Source: Comes with Microsoft's Windows XP and Windows 2000. Stats: Version 3.14 has 2,034 glyphs and 674 kerning pairs Support: Arabic script (Arabic, Ajami, Azeri, Balochi, Berber, Brahui, Kazakh, Kirghiz Kurdish, Lahnda, Jawi, Pashto, Persian, Shahmukhi, Sindhi, Uighur, Urdu, Uzbek), Cyrillic (Russian plus other Slavic and non-Slavic languages), Greek (including polytonic), Hebrew, Latin, Thai, Vietnamese OpenType Layout Tables: Arabic |
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Times New Roman
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(times.ttf, timesbd.ttf, timesbi.ttf and timesi.ttf) Source: Supplied with the Windows XP SP2 (service pack 2) update. Older versions were supplied with various Microsoft products and the Smart package of Microsoft's core fonts project. Stats: Version 3.00 has 1,674 glyphs and 867 kerning pairs Support: Arabic script (Arabic, Ajami, Azeri, Balochi, Berber, Brahui, Kazakh, Kirghiz Kurdish, Lahnda, Jawi, Pashto, Persian, Shahmukhi, Sindhi, Uighur, Urdu, Uzbek), Cyrillic (Russian plus other Slavic and non-Slavic languages), Greek, Hebrew, Latin, Vietnamese. Warning: Versions prior to 3.00 supported only the Arabic letters used for Arabic and Persian languages. OpenType Layout Tables: Arabic (default, MAR) |
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UKIJ 3D
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(UKIJ3D.ttf) Source: Free download from UKIJ. (Note that the scroll bar may be on the left side of the display.) Stats: Version 1.00 October 17, 2004 has 339 glyphs and no kerning pairs Support: Arabic script (Uighur only), Latin OpenType Layout Tables: Arabic (default, zz01) |
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UKIJ Basma
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(UKIJBasma.ttf) Source: Free download from UKIJ. (Note that the scroll bar may be on the left side of the display.) Stats: Version 2.00 December 18 2004 has 344 glyphs and no kerning pairs Support: Arabic script (Uighur only), Latin OpenType Layout Tables: Arabic (default, zz01) |
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UKIJ Diwani
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(UKIJDi.ttf) Source: Free download from UKIJ. (Note that the scroll bar may be on the left side of the display.) Stats: Version 1.00 October 17, 2004 has 339 glyphs and no kerning pairs Support: Arabic script (Uighur only), Latin OpenType Layout Tables: Arabic (default, zz01) |
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UKIJ Diwani Yantu
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(UKIJDiY.ttf) Source: Free download from UKIJ. (Note that the scroll bar may be on the left side of the display.) Stats: Version 1.00 October 17, 2004 has 339 glyphs and no kerning pairs Support: Arabic script (Uighur only), Latin OpenType Layout Tables: Arabic (default, zz01) |
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UKIJ Esliye
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(UKIJEs.ttf) Source: Free download from UKIJ. (Note that the scroll bar may be on the left side of the display.) Stats: Version 1.00 October 17, 2004 has 339 glyphs and no kerning pairs Support: Arabic script (Uighur only), Latin OpenType Layout Tables: Arabic (default, zz01) |
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UKIJ Esliye Neqish
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(UKIJEsN.ttf) Source: Free download from UKIJ. (Note that the scroll bar may be on the left side of the display.) Stats: Version 1.00 October 17, 2004 has 339 glyphs and no kerning pairs Support: Arabic script (Uighur only), Latin OpenType Layout Tables: Arabic (default, zz01) |
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UKIJ Esliye Qara
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(UKIJEsQ.ttf) Source: Free download from UKIJ. (Note that the scroll bar may be on the left side of the display.) Stats: Version 1.00 October 17, 2004 has 339 glyphs and no kerning pairs Support: Arabic script (Uighur only), Latin OpenType Layout Tables: Arabic (default, zz01) |
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UKIJ Esliye Tom
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(UKIJEsT.ttf) Source: Free download from UKIJ. (Note that the scroll bar may be on the left side of the display.) Stats: Version 1.00 October 17, 2004 has 339 glyphs and no kerning pairs Support: Arabic script (Uighur only), Latin OpenType Layout Tables: Arabic (default, zz01) |
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UKIJ Here
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(UKIJHere.ttf) Source: Free download from UKIJ. (Note that the scroll bar may be on the left side of the display.) Support: Arabic script (Uighur only), Latin |
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UKIJ Imaret
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(UKIJImaret.ttf) Source: Free download from UKIJ. (Note that the scroll bar may be on the left side of the display.) Stats: Version 1.00 October 17, 2004 has 339 glyphs and no kerning pairs Support: Arabic script (Uighur only), Latin OpenType Layout Tables: Arabic (default, zz01) |
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UKIJ Inchike
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(UKIJInichkle.ttf [regular] and UKIJInichkeb.ttf [bold]) Source: Free download from UKIJ. (Note that the scroll bar may be on the left side of the display.) Stats: Version 2.0 December 17, 2004 has 769 glyphs and 673 kerning pairs Support: Arabic script (Uighur only), Cyrillic (Russian plus other Slavic and non-Slavic languages), Greek, Latin OpenType Layout Tables: Arabic |
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UKIJ Jelliy
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(UKIJJe.ttf) Source: Free download from UKIJ. (Note that the scroll bar may be on the left side of the display.) Stats: Version 1.00 October 17, 2004 has 339 glyphs and no kerning pairs Support: Arabic script (Uighur only), Latin OpenType Layout Tables: Arabic (default, zz01) |
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UKIJ Junun
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(UKIJJunu.ttf) x Source: Free download from UKIJ. (Note that the scroll bar may be on the left side of the display.) Stats: Version (blank) has 339 glyphs and no kerning pairs Support: Arabic script (Uighur only), Latin OpenType Layout Tables: Arabic (default, zz01) |
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UKIJ Kawak
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(UKIJKa.ttf) Source: Free download from UKIJ. (Note that the scroll bar may be on the left side of the display.) Stats: Version 1.00 October 17, 2004 has 339 glyphs and no kerning pairs Support: Arabic script (Uighur only), Latin OpenType Layout Tables: Arabic (default, zz01) |
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UKIJ Kufi
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(UKIJKu3D.ttf) Source: Free download from UKIJ. (Note that the scroll bar may be on the left side of the display.) Stats: Version 1.00 October 17, 2004 has 339 glyphs and no kerning pairs Support: Arabic script (Uighur only), Latin OpenType Layout Tables: Arabic (default, zz01) |
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UKIJ Kufi 3D
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(UKIJKu.ttf) Source: Free download from UKIJ. (Note that the scroll bar may be on the left side of the display.) Stats: Version 1.00 October 17, 2004 has 339 glyphs and no kerning pairs Support: Arabic script (Uighur only), Latin OpenType Layout Tables: Arabic (default, zz01) |
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UKIJ Kufi Tar
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(UKIJKuT.ttf) Source: Free download from UKIJ. (Note that the scroll bar may be on the left side of the display.) Stats: Version 1.00 October 17, 2004 has 339 glyphs and no kerning pairs Support: Arabic script (Uighur only), Latin OpenType Layout Tables: Arabic (default, zz01) |
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UKIJ Kufi Uz
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(UKIJKuU.ttf) Source: Free download from UKIJ. (Note that the scroll bar may be on the left side of the display.) Stats: Version 1.00 October 17, 2004 has 339 glyphs and no kerning pairs Support: Arabic script (Uighur only), Latin OpenType Layout Tables: Arabic (default, zz01) |
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