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There are a number of free Arabic fonts which can be used in Zekr. This article
illustrates Zekr with different fonts.
Zekr default installer for Windows installs me_quran and Scheherazade fonts. One
should take care to update to IE7 or above to see Arabic fonts other than Traditional
Arabic correctly. All screenshots here are taken in Windows XP SP3 with IE8 with 18
font size (except Arabic Typesetting font, which is taken in Windows 7).
On Linux, user may download proper font packages based on his or her distribution.
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• 1 Change font
• 2 Quran fonts
o 2.1 Traditional Arabic
o 2.2 XB Zar
o 2.3 KFGQPC Uthman Taha
Naskh
o 2.4 me_quran
o 2.5 Scheherazade
o 2.6
_PDMS_Saleem_Quranfont
o 2.7 1 MUHAMMADI
QURANIC
o 2.8 noorehira
o 2.9 Al Qalam Quran 2
o 2.10 Arabic Typesetting

Quran fonts
Traditional Arabic
Traditional Arabic font
Traditional Arabic is the most commonly used Araic font in Windows platform.
This font is not free, but every Windows user whose Windows complex language
support is enabled can use it. This is the only Arabic font (compared with other fonts
introduced here) that IE6 supports properly.
XB Zar
XB Zar font
XB Zar is one of X Series 2 fonts provided by irmug.org). This is one of the the most
standard modern opentype font for both typesetting and web browsing in Arabic and
Persian. It also has support for Latin fonts, which makes it different from other
Arabic-only fonts. X Series 2 fonts are built on freely available fonts and extended to
support Persian, Arabic, Urdu, Pashto, Dari, Uzbek, Kurdish, Uighur, old Turkish
(Ottoman) and modern Turkish (Roman).
KFGQPC Uthman Taha Naskh
KFGQPC Uthman Taha Naskh font
KFGQPC Uthman Taha Naskh opentype font, is built based on Uthman Taha
calligraphy (Calligrapher of Mushaf Al-Madina) by King Fahd Glorious Quran
Printing Complex (KFGQPC). The font can be distributed freely for both commercial
and non-commercial use, according to the license. One is not, however, allowed to
modify the font or make derivative works upon it.
me_quran
me_quran font
me_quran is an Arabic font designed by Meor Ridzuan Meor Yahaya to render

Quran texts very similar to Madinah Mushaf (1405 Mushaf, not 1422 one). This is a
non-free font, available free of charge for download and non-commercial use. This
font is bundled with standard Zekr packages with permission from the designer. You
can download the font from [here].
Scheherazade
Scheherazade font
Scheherazade is a free opentype font made available under SIL Open Font License
by SIL.org. This is a modern and standard fort for typesetting systems. The default
font size is a but smaller than usual Arabic font. You can see a 18px font size in the
screenshot. Compare it with other fonts which are also in 18px.
_PDMS_Saleem_Quranfont
_PDMS_Saleem_Quranfont font
_PDMS_Saleem_Quranfont is a Arabic Hindi Naskh font developed for the Holy

Quran by Pakistan Data Management Services company. Font license is unspecified
by it's freely available for download from the website.
1 MUHAMMADI QURANIC
1 MUHAMMADI QURANIC font
1 MUHAMMADI QURANIC is a commercial Arabic Hindi Naskh font designed by

Qari Akram Muhammadi, and allowed to be used in Zekr. It is included in an
unofficial custom build of Zekr.
noorehira
noorehira font
noorehira is an Arabic Hindi Naskh font designed by NooreHidayat.org. It's freely

downloadable from noorehidayat.org, but license is unspecified. Font is included in
this download package.
Al Qalam Quran 2
Al Qalam Quran 2 font, sized 20px, used in Uthman Taha theme with
quran_uthmaniTextFile set to false
Al Qalam Quran 2 font is a Hindi Naskh Qur'an font designed by Shkir-ul-Qadree.

You may download this together with a number of Unicode fonts for free from
alqlm.org. The website is in Urdu. If you didn't find a link to download, find a version
of the font here. Other fonts which are very similar to this font are Al_Mushaf,
Noor_e_Quran and Al Qalam Quran Publisher can all be downloaded from this
website.
Since there is a number (2) in font name, you should quote it when setting it in Tools
> Options > View with double quotes: "Al Qalam Quran 2".
Arabic Typesetting
Microsoft Arabic Typesetting font in size 18

Microsoft Arabic Typesetting font in size 20
Change font
Tools > Options > View
In order to change font settings in Zekr use Tools > Options > View, where you can
change Quran font, translation font and quite a number of different rendering settings.
You should double-click on each line to chage it. For example double click on
quran_fontName and add KFGQPC Uthman Taha Naskh, (with the comma) in the
beginning to tell Zekr to use KFGQPC Uthman Taha Naskh font for rendering
Quran text. It's good to quote font name (add ""). It's required specially when a font
name contains numbers. For example Al Qalam Quran 2 must be quoted. Otherwise
it won't work.

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o 2.10 Arabic Typesetting

Traditional Arabic font

KFGQPC Uthman Taha Naskh

KFGQPC Uthman Taha Naskh font

me_quran is an Arabic font designed by Meor Ridzuan Meor Yahaya to render

_PDMS_Saleem_Quranfont is a Arabic Hindi Naskh font developed for the Holy

1 MUHAMMADI QURANIC font

1 MUHAMMADI QURANIC is a commercial Arabic Hindi Naskh font designed by

noorehira is an Arabic Hindi Naskh font designed by NooreHidayat.org. It's freely

Al Qalam Quran 2 font is a Hindi Naskh Qur'an font designed by Shkir-ul-Qadree.

Microsoft Arabic Typesetting font in size 18

Tools > Options > View

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