{
  "id": "rtd-t-000032",
  "slug": "noori-nastaliq",
  "name": {
    "preferred": "Noori Nastaliq",
    "alternates": []
  },
  "designers": [
    {
      "id": "rtd-p-000042",
      "role": "designer"
    }
  ],
  "foundry": [
    {
      "name": "Monotype"
    }
  ],
  "design_year": "1981",
  "scripts": [
    "Arabic"
  ],
  "era": "digital",
  "description": "The first digital Nastaliq typeface, designed with Monotype using around 18,000 hand-drawn ligatures to capture Nastaliq's fluid, sloping calligraphic forms. Declared an Invention of National Importance by Pakistan in 1982.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "url": "https://urdufonts.com/story-of-jameel-noori-nastaleeq/",
      "title": "The Legacy of Jameel Noori Nastaliq - Shaping Urdu Typography"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.folkloristan.com/post/nastaliq-typography-and-typefaces",
      "title": "Nastaliq Typography and Typefaces - Folkloristan"
    }
  ],
  "record_status": "active",
  "superseded_by": null,
  "created_at": "2026-08-05",
  "updated_at": "2026-08-05",
  "canonical_url": "https://rtd.theofdn.org/typefaces/noori-nastaliq/",
  "api_url": "https://rtd.theofdn.org/api/typefaces/rtd-t-000032.json"
}