Noto Nastaliq Urdu
Noto Nastaliq Urdu is a serif font in 4 weights, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are 6% wider than the typical serif font. Last updated 2 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Noto Nastaliq Urdu
Most PDFs embed only the letters they already use. Type a new letter and many editors either refuse or swap in a different font. MythosPDF recognises Noto Nastaliq Urdu from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Noto Nastaliq Urdu itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 549 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 668.7 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 132 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 554 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 34% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Noto Nastaliq Urdu
Measured on every printable character both fonts contain. A smaller difference means the same words take the same space, so lines break in the same places.
- Noto Serif Tibetan Regularsimilar widths (16.5 units)
- Noto Serif Makasar Regularsimilar widths (20.2 units)
- Noto Serif Old Uyghur Regularsimilar widths (20.2 units)
- Noto Serif Devanagari Regularsimilar widths (20.4 units)
- Noto Serif Ahom Regularsimilar widths (20.5 units)
- Noto Serif Bengali Regularsimilar widths (20.5 units)
- Noto Serif Sinhala Regularsimilar widths (20.5 units)
- Noto Serif Khojki Regularsimilar widths (20.5 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Noto Nastaliq Urdu?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Noto Nastaliq Urdu itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Noto Nastaliq Urdu free to use?
Noto Nastaliq Urdu is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, an open licence that allows free use in documents, including commercial ones. Check the licence text for your exact use.
+Which font is closest to Noto Nastaliq Urdu?
By measured letter widths, Noto Serif Tibetan is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 16.5 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Noto Nastaliq Urdu support?
It includes these character sets: Arabic, Latin, Central European.
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