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About Lalezar.

Lalezar is an Arabic and Latin display typeface for popular culture.

During the 1960s and 1970s a genre of filmmaking emerged in Iran which was commonly known as Film-Farsi. The main focus of the films produced in this period was on popular subjects such as romances, musicals and unrealistic heroic characters. The movie posters designed to represent these films were also intended to exaggerate these elements by the use of provocative imagery and a particular type of display lettering. These bold and dynamic letterforms were so popular and widely used that perhaps one can consider them the most significant component of film posters in that period.

Lalezar is an attempt to revive the appealing qualities in this genre of lettering and transform them into a modern Arabic display typeface and a suitable Latin companion. Although the main inspiration comes from a style of lettering that was used to represent the Persian language, here the objective is to design a typeface that can be used for most of the languages that use the Arabic script for their written communication.

The Lalezar project is led by Borna Izadpanah, a type designer based in London, UK. To contribute, see github.com/BornaIz/Lalezar

Designer
Borna Izadpanah
Classification
Sans Serif
Coverage
475 languages
Package release
v16
Updated
May 21, 2026
Monthly usage
  • npm2,323 downloads last month
  • jsDelivr92,350 requests last month
License
OFL-1.1

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Language and character coverage

Arabic is the primary writing system.

  • 'AleQale · Latin
  • AbuaLatin
  • AchineseBahsa Acèh · Latin
  • AcoliLatin
  • AdaraLatin
  • AfarQafar · Latin
  • AfrikaansLatin
  • AguarunaLatin
  • Ainu (Latin)
  • AlagoLatin
  • AlbanianShqip · Latin
  • AlekanoGahuku · Latin
  • AmahuacaLatin
  • AmarakaeriLatin
  • AmisLatin
  • AnaangAnaañ · Latin
  • Ao NagaLatin
  • Arabicالعربية (العالم)
  • Arabic, Chadian SpokenLatin
  • Arabic, Standardالعربية
  • AragoneseAragonés · Latin
  • ArapahoLatin
  • AromanianArmani · Latin
  • ArpitanLatin
  • Artificial languages, World (Latin)
  • AsháninkaLatin
  • Ashéninka PerenéLatin
  • Ashéninka, PichisLatin
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic, Latin
  • AsturianAsturianu · Latin
  • AsuKipare · Latin
  • AwakLatin
  • AymaraAymar · Latin
  • BalineseBali · Latin
  • Banda, West CentralLatin
  • BangwinjiLatin
  • BanjarLatin
  • BapukuLatin
  • Bashkir (Latin)
  • BasqueEuskara · Latin
  • Batak TobaLatin
  • BedawiyetLatin
  • Belanda Viri, Latin
  • BembaChibemba · Latin
  • BenaEkibena · Latin
  • BenchLatin
  • BengaLatin
  • BetawiLatin
  • BikolPandan Bikol · Latin
  • BilenLatin
  • BiniẸ̀dó · Latin
  • BislamaLatin
  • Bodo (Latin)
  • BokobaruLatin
  • BosnianBosanski · Latin
  • Brahui (Latin)
  • BubeLatin
  • C’LelaLatin
  • CahungwaryaLatin
  • Candoshi-ShapraLatin
  • CaquinteLatin
  • Cashibo-CacataiboLatin
  • CashinahuaLatin
  • CatalanCatalà · Latin
  • CebuanoBinisaya · Latin
  • Central DusunLatin
  • ChachiLatin
  • ChamorroChamorru · Latin
  • Chavacano, Philippines (Latin)
  • ChidurumaLatin
  • ChigaRukiga · Latin
  • Chimborazo Highland QuichuaRuna Simi · Latin
  • Chin, FalamLatin
  • Chin, HakaLatin
  • Chin, MatuLatin
  • Chinantec, OjitlánLatin
  • ChokweLatin
  • ChuukeseChuuk · Latin
  • Cofán, Latin
  • ColoradoLatin
  • Comorian, NgazidjaLatin
  • Cook Islands MāoriMāori Kūki 'Āirani · Latin
  • CornishKernewek · Latin
  • CorsicanCorsu · Latin
  • Crimean TurkishLatin
  • Crioulo, Upper GuineaLatin
  • CroatianHrvatski · Latin
  • Cuyonon (Latin)
  • CzechČeština · Latin
  • DanishDansk · Latin
  • Dariدری · Arabic
  • DawroLatin
  • DikakaLatin
  • DimliDimlî · Latin
  • DrungLatin
  • DutchNederlands · Latin
  • EbiraLatin
  • Efikefi · Latin
  • Egyptian Arabic
  • EkajukLatin
  • EkpeyeLatin
  • ElfdalianLatin
  • EmbuKiembu · Latin
  • EnglishLatin
  • Epena (Latin)
  • EsanLatin
  • Ese EjjaLatin
  • EstonianEesti · Latin
  • ExtremaduranLatin
  • EzaaLatin
  • FaroeseFøroyskt · Latin
  • FijianVakaviti · Latin
  • FilipinoLatin
  • FinnishSuomi · Latin
  • Finnish, KvenLatin
  • FrenchFrançais · Latin
  • FriulianFurlan · Latin
  • FuliiruLatin
  • GagauzGagauzça · Latin
  • GalicianGalego · Latin
  • GalloLatin
  • GamoLatin
  • GandaLuganda · Latin
  • GarifunaLatin
  • Gbaya, SudanLatin
  • Gelao, KlauLatin
  • GermanDeutsch · Latin
  • Gheg AlbanianGegnisht · Latin
  • GilberteseKiribati · Latin
  • GofaLatin
  • Gourmanchémagulimancema · Latin
  • Guadeloupean Creole French, Martinique (Latin)
  • GuarayuLatin
  • Guianese Creole FrenchLatin
  • GusiiEkegusii · Latin
  • GyeleLatin
  • HadiyyaHadiyyisa · Latin
  • Haitian CreoleKreyòl Ayisyen · Latin
  • HangaLatin
  • HaniLatin
  • HarariLatin
  • HereroLatin
  • HiligaynonIlonggo · Latin
  • Hindustani, SarnamiLatin
  • Hmonghveb Hmub · Latin
  • Hmong NjuaLatin
  • Hmong, Northern QiandongHmong (Latin) · Latin
  • Hmong, Southern QiandongLatin
  • HopiHopilàvayi · Latin
  • Huastec, San Luís PotosíLatin
  • HungarianMagyar · Latin
  • HyamLatin
  • IbaniLatin
  • IcelandicÍslenska · Latin
  • IdoLatin
  • IgboLatin
  • IgedeLatin
  • Ijo, SoutheastLatin
  • IkaLatin
  • IkwoLatin
  • IlokoIlokano · Latin
  • Inari SamiAnarâškielâ · Latin
  • IndonesianIndonesia · Latin
  • InnuInnu Aimun · Latin
  • InterlinguaLatin
  • Interlingue (Latin)
  • IraqwLatin
  • IrishGaeilge · Latin
  • ItalianItaliano · Latin
  • Ivbie North-Okpela-ArheLatin
  • IzereLatin
  • Jamaican Creole EnglishJamiekan · Latin
  • JavaneseJawa · Latin
  • Jèrriais, Latin
  • Jola-FonyiJóola-Fóoñi · Latin
  • KabuverdianuLatin
  • KaingangKanhgág · Latin
  • KalaallisutLatin
  • KalangaLatin
  • KalenjinMarkweta · Latin
  • KambaKikamba · Latin
  • KaondeLatin
  • KarelianKarjala · Latin
  • KashubianKaszëbsczi · Latin
  • Kazakh (Latin)
  • KhasiKa Ktien Khasi · Latin
  • KhowarArabic
  • Kichwa, Unified QuichuaLatin
  • KikuyuGĩgĩkũyũ · Latin
  • KimbunduLatin
  • KinyarwandaLatin
  • KirikeLatin
  • KirmanjkiShar Ma · Latin
  • KitubaLatin
  • Klingon (Latin)
  • KombeLatin
  • KongoKikongo · Latin
  • KonjoLatin
  • KuanyamaOshikwanyama · Latin
  • KunamaLatin
  • Kurdish (Latin)Kurmancî
  • KutepLatin
  • KutuLatin
  • KwereLatin
  • KʼicheʼQatzijob'al · Latin
  • LadinLatin
  • Ladino (Latin)
  • Lahndaلہندا پنجابی (Arabic) · Arabic
  • LambaIchilamba · Latin
  • Lango, UgandaLatin
  • LatgalianLatgalīšu · Latin
  • Latin
  • LatvianLatviešu · Latin
  • LeleLatin
  • LigurianLigure · Latin
  • Lingua Franca Nova, Latin
  • LithuanianLietuviškai · Latin
  • LivonianLatin
  • Lojban (Latin)lojban (Latin)
  • LokaaLatin
  • LombardLatin
  • LomweLatin
  • Lower SorbianDolnoserbšćina · Latin
  • Luba-LuluaTshiluba · Latin
  • LuguruLatin
  • Lule SamiJulevusámegiella · Latin
  • LundaLatin
  • LuoDholuo · Latin
  • LuvaleLatin
  • LuwoLatin
  • LuxembourgishLëtzebuergesch · Latin
  • LuyiaLatin
  • MachameLatin
  • MadureseMadhurâ · Latin
  • MakhuwaEmakhuwa · Latin
  • Makhuwa-MeettoImeetto · Latin
  • MakondeChimakonde · Latin
  • MalagasyLatin
  • Malay (Latin)
  • MalteseMalti · Latin
  • Mambila, NigeriaLatin
  • Mandinkamandinka · Latin
  • Mankanyamankaañ · Latin
  • ManxGaelg · Latin
  • ManyikaLatin
  • Maorite reo Māori · Latin
  • MapucheMapudungun · Latin
  • Maranao (Latin)
  • MasaabaLatin
  • Matsés (Latin)
  • Mauritian CreoleKreol Morisien · Latin
  • MazanderaniArabic
  • Mazatec, IxcatlánLatin
  • Mbembe, Cross RiverLatin
  • MeruKîmîîrû · Latin
  • Middle High GermanLatin
  • MinangkabauBaso Minangkabau · Latin
  • MirandeseMirandés · Latin
  • MískitoLatin
  • Mixe, TotontepecLatin
  • Mizo (Latin)
  • MohawkKanien’kéha · Latin
  • Montenegrin (Latin)crnogorski
  • MozarabicLatin
  • MuscogeeMvskoke · Latin
  • Musi (Latin)
  • MwaniLatin
  • NaraLatin
  • NdambaLatin
  • NdauLatin
  • NdongaLatin
  • NeapolitanNapulitano · Latin
  • NgindoLatin
  • NguluLatin
  • Nigerian PidginLatin
  • NiueanNiuē · Latin
  • NomatsiguengaLatin
  • North NdebeleisiNdebele · Latin
  • Northern FrisianLatin
  • Northern SamiSámegiella · Latin
  • Northern SothoSepedi · Latin
  • NorwegianNorsk · Latin
  • Norwegian Bokmålnorsk bokmål · Latin
  • Norwegian Nynorsknynorsk · Latin
  • NovialLatin
  • Nupe-Nupe-TakoLatin
  • NyanjaChicheŵa · Latin
  • NyankoleRunyankore · Latin
  • Nyasa TongaLatin
  • NyembaLatin
  • NyoroLatin
  • OccitanLatin
  • OgbahLatin
  • OkiekLatin
  • Old EnglishÆnglisc (Latin) · Latin
  • Old FrenchLatin
  • Old High GermanLatin
  • Old IrishLatin
  • Old ProvençalLatin
  • Old Welsh, Latin
  • OromoAfaan Oromoo · Latin
  • OroqenLatin
  • Otomi, MezquitalLatin
  • OtuhoLatin
  • PáezLatin
  • Paite Chin, Latin
  • Palauana tekoi er a Belau · Latin
  • PampangaKapampangan · Latin
  • PapiamentoPapiamentu · Latin
  • Persianفارسی (ایران) · Arabic
  • PicardLatin
  • PiedmontesePiemontèis · Latin
  • PijinLatin
  • Pintupi-LuritjaLatin
  • PipilLatin
  • PogoloLatin
  • PohnpeianPohnpei · Latin
  • PökootMarkweta · Latin
  • PolishPolski · Latin
  • Pontic (Latin)
  • PortuguesePortuguês · Latin
  • Punjabi (Arabic)
  • Punuyipunu · Latin
  • PurepechaLatin
  • Quechua, Ambo-PascoLatin
  • Quechua, Arequipa-La UniónLatin
  • Quechua, AyacuchoLatin
  • Quechua, CajamarcaLatin
  • Quechua, CuscoRunasimi · Latin
  • Quechua, Huamalíes-Dos de Mayo HuánucoLatin
  • Quechua, Huaylas AncashLatin
  • Quechua, Margos-Yarowilca-LauricochaLatin
  • Quechua, North JunínLatin
  • Quechua, Northern Conchucos AncashLatin
  • Quechua, South BolivianLatin
  • QʼeqchiʼLatin
  • Rapa (Latin)
  • RejangLatin
  • RendilleLatin
  • ResheLatin
  • Réunion Creole FrenchLatin
  • RigweLatin
  • Rinconada BikolPandan Bikol · Latin
  • Rohingya (Latin)
  • RomagnolLatin
  • RomanianRomână · Latin
  • RomanshRumantsch · Latin
  • RomboLatin
  • RongaLatin
  • RundiIkirundi · Latin
  • RwaLatin
  • SahoLatin
  • Saint Lucian Creole French, Latin
  • SalarLatin
  • SamburuSampur · Latin
  • SamoanSāmoa · Latin
  • SandaweLatin
  • SangoSängö · Latin
  • SanguShisango · Latin
  • SãotomenseLatin
  • SapinyLatin
  • SardinianSardu · Latin
  • SasakLatin
  • Sassarese SardinianSardu · Latin
  • Saterland FrisianLatin
  • ScotsScots Leid · Latin
  • Scottish GaelicGàidhlig · Latin
  • SecoyaLatin
  • SenaCisena · Latin
  • Serbian (Latin)srpski (latinica, Crna Gora)
  • SeriCmiique Iitom · Latin
  • Seselwa Creole FrenchSeselwa · Latin
  • ShambalaKishambaa · Latin
  • ShillukLatin
  • Shipibo-ConiboLatin
  • ShonaChishona · Latin
  • Shuar, Ecuador (Latin)
  • SicilianSicilianu · Latin
  • SidamoLatin
  • SilesianŚlůnsko godka · Latin
  • SlovakSlovenčina · Latin
  • SlovenianSlovenščina · Latin
  • SogaLusoga · Latin
  • SomaliSoomaali · Latin
  • South Azerbaijani, Arabic
  • South NdebeleisiNdebele · Latin
  • Southern SamiÅarjelsaemiengïele · Latin
  • Southern SothoSesotho · Latin
  • Southern TujiaLatin
  • SpanishEspañol · Latin
  • Sranan TongoLatin
  • SubaLatin
  • SukumaKisukuma · Latin
  • SundaneseBasa Sunda · Latin
  • SwahiliKiswahili · Latin
  • Swahili, CongoLatin
  • SwatiSiswati · Latin
  • SwedishSvenska · Latin
  • Swiss GermanSchwyzerdütsch · Latin
  • TahitianReo Tahiti · Latin
  • TaitaKidawida · Latin
  • Tajik (Arabic)
  • Tajik (Latin)
  • TakwaneLatin
  • Talinga-BwisiLatin
  • Tatar (Latin)
  • TedagaLatin
  • Tedim ChinLatin
  • Tenango Otomi, Latin
  • TetumLia Tetun · Latin
  • Tetun DiliLatin
  • TivLatin
  • Tiwi (Latin)
  • TobaLatin
  • Tok PisinLatin
  • TokelauLatin
  • TongaLatin
  • TooroLatin
  • ToposaLatin
  • Totonac, PapantlaLatin
  • TsamaiLatin
  • TsongaXitsonga · Latin
  • TsuvadiLatin
  • TswanaSetswana · Latin
  • TulaLatin
  • TumbukaChitumbuka · Latin
  • TurkishTürkçe · Latin
  • Turkmen (Latin)Türkmençe
  • TuvaluTe ’gana Tūvalu · Latin
  • Tzeltal, OxchucLatin
  • Tzotzil, ChamulaLatin
  • Uab MetoUab Metô · Latin
  • UmbunduÚmbúndú · Latin
  • Uncoded languages, Arabic
  • Upper SorbianHornjoserbšćina · Latin
  • Urduاردو (پاکستان) · Arabic
  • ut-Ma’inLatin
  • Uyghur (Latin)Uighur
  • VendaTshivenḓa · Latin
  • VenetianVèneto · Latin
  • VepsVepsä · Latin
  • VidundaLatin
  • VietnameseTiếng Việt · Latin
  • VolapükLatin
  • VõroLatin
  • VunjoLatin
  • WalloonWalon · Latin
  • WalserWalscher · Latin
  • WaoraniLatin
  • WarayWaray-Waray · Latin
  • WarlpiriLatin
  • WayuuWayuunaiki · Latin
  • WelshCymraeg · Latin
  • WendatLatin
  • West Albay BikolPandan Bikol · Latin
  • Western FrisianFrysk · Latin
  • Wolaytta (Latin)
  • WolofLatin
  • XavánteA’uwẽ · Latin
  • XhosaisiXhosa · Latin
  • YaneshaʼLatin
  • YaochiYao · Latin
  • YapeseWaab · Latin
  • YasaLatin
  • YucatecoMàaya t'àan · Latin
  • ZaghawaLatin
  • ZandeLatin
  • ZáparoLatin
  • Zapotec, GüiláLatin
  • Zapotec, MiahuatlánLatin
  • ZayseLatin
  • ZhuangLatin
  • ZigulaLatin
  • Zoroastrian DariArabic
  • ZuluisiZulu · Latin

Styles and weights

1 weight · Normal

Each weight is provided as a separate font file.

  • Regular 400

OpenType features

Availability can vary between files.

  • Access all alternatesMakes every alternate form in the font available for selection.aalt
  • Glyph compositionBuilds or separates glyphs so letters and marks shape correctly.ccmp
  • Discretionary ligaturesEnables optional ligatures chosen for style rather than readability.dlig
  • FINAApplies the font’s fina behavior during text shaping.fina
  • INITApplies the font’s init behavior during text shaping.init
  • KerningFine-tunes the space between specific pairs of characters.kern
  • Standard ligaturesReplaces common letter sequences with standard ligatures.liga
  • Localized formsUses character forms appropriate to the selected language or region.locl
  • Mark positioningPositions combining marks relative to their base characters.mark
  • MEDIApplies the font’s medi behavior during text shaping.medi
  • Mark-to-mark positioningPositions combining marks relative to other marks.mkmk
  • Required ligaturesApplies ligatures required for correct script shaping.rlig

License

Complete terms and attribution for this font.

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Attribution

Copyright 2015 The Lalezar Project Authors (https://github.com/BornaIz/Lalezar)

Copyright 2015 The Lalezar Project Authors (https://github.com/BornaIz/Lalezar)

This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
This license is copied below, and is also available with a FAQ at:
http://scripts.sil.org/OFL


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Provenance

Where the files came from and what Fontsource distributes.

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Provider
Google Fonts
Source files
1
Formats
TTF
Revision
504aae083c