Decorative headings, Quranic text, and luxury branding.
A luxury perfume brand launching in Dubai, Paris, and Tokyo. Challenge: Create a bilingual (Arabic/English) brochure with a "liquid gold" aesthetic. Solution: Designers chose Midan Extended for Arabic and Playfair Display for English, both with increased tracking. They set headlines in a 20% wider custom version (using font editing software), while body text used standard Noto Naskh Arabic . Result: The extended Arabic mirrored the flowing perfume bottle design, improving brand recall by 34% in consumer tests.
A Kashida is a horizontal extension or elongation of the baseline connection between two Arabic letters. long arabic font
), a stylistic lengthening of the horizontal connections between letters that creates a sense of elegance, flow, and cultural depth. Unlike Latin scripts where space is added between letters, Arabic letters are physically stretched to fill space, maintaining a continuous, rhythmic line. The Art of the Long Stroke (Kashida)
لا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ، مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ Decorative headings, Quranic text, and luxury branding
Corporate identity, bilingual documents, and formal layouts.
Long Arabic fonts are based on a set of design principles that ensure their aesthetic appeal and readability: Solution: Designers chose Midan Extended for Arabic and
The Art of the Elongated Script: A Complete Guide to Long Arabic Fonts