About Scheherazade New.
Scheherazade New is a traditional naskh typeface, supporting all Arabic script characters in Unicode 14.0. It is named after the heroine of the classic Arabian Nights tale.
In May 2022, the font has been upgraded, offering a more extensive glyphset.
The April 2023 upgrade brings two new weights: Medium and SemiBold. The language support is also improved.
This font was developed by SIL, and you can learn more about it at software.sil.org/scheherazade. To contribute, see github.com/silnrsi/font-scheherazade.
Style and character
Visual characteristics associated with this family.
Characters and features
What this family includes and how its files are structured.
Language and character coverage
Arabic is the primary writing system.
- 'AleQale · Latin
- AchineseBahsa Acèh · Latin
- AdaraLatin
- AfarQafar · Latin
- AfrikaansLatin
- Ainu (Latin)
- AlagoLatin
- AlbanianShqip · Latin
- AlekanoGahuku · Latin
- AmahuacaLatin
- AmarakaeriLatin
- AmisLatin
- AnaangAnaañ · Latin
- Ao NagaLatin
- Arabicالعربية (العالم)
- Arabic, Chadian SpokenLatin
- Arabic, Standardالعربية
- AragoneseAragonés · Latin
- ArapahoLatin
- ArpitanLatin
- Artificial languages, World (Latin)
- AsháninkaLatin
- Ashéninka PerenéLatin
- Ashéninka, PichisLatin
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic, Latin
- AsuKipare · Latin
- AwakLatin
- AymaraAymar · Latin
- BalineseBali · Latin
- Balochiبلۏچی · Arabic
- Banda, West CentralLatin
- BangwinjiLatin
- BanjarLatin
- BapukuLatin
- BasqueEuskara · Latin
- Batak TobaLatin
- BedawiyetLatin
- BembaChibemba · Latin
- BenaEkibena · Latin
- BenchLatin
- BengaLatin
- BetawiLatin
- BikolPandan Bikol · Latin
- BilenLatin
- BislamaLatin
- Bodo (Latin)
- BokobaruLatin
- C’LelaLatin
- CahungwaryaLatin
- Candoshi-ShapraLatin
- CaquinteLatin
- Cashibo-CacataiboLatin
- CatalanCatalà · Latin
- CebuanoBinisaya · Latin
- Central DusunLatin
- Central KurdishArabic
- ChachiLatin
- ChamorroChamorru · Latin
- Chavacano, Philippines (Latin)
- ChidurumaLatin
- ChigaRukiga · Latin
- Chimborazo Highland QuichuaRuna Simi · Latin
- Chin, HakaLatin
- Chin, MatuLatin
- Chinantec, OjitlánLatin
- ChokweLatin
- ChuukeseChuuk · Latin
- Cofán, Latin
- ColoradoLatin
- Comorian, NgazidjaLatin
- CornishKernewek · Latin
- CorsicanCorsu · Latin
- Crioulo, Upper GuineaLatin
- Cuyonon (Latin)
- DanishDansk · Latin
- Dariدری · Arabic
- DawroLatin
- DikakaLatin
- DrungLatin
- Egyptian Arabic
- EnglishLatin
- Ese EjjaLatin
- EstonianEesti · Latin
- ExtremaduranLatin
- FaroeseFøroyskt · Latin
- FijianVakaviti · Latin
- FilipinoLatin
- FinnishSuomi · Latin
- Finnish, KvenLatin
- FrenchFrançais · Latin
- FriulianFurlan · Latin
- FuliiruLatin
- GalicianGalego · Latin
- GalloLatin
- GamoLatin
- GarifunaLatin
- Gelao, KlauLatin
- GermanDeutsch · Latin
- Gheg AlbanianGegnisht · Latin
- GilberteseKiribati · Latin
- GofaLatin
- Guadeloupean Creole French, Martinique (Latin)
- GuarayuLatin
- Guianese Creole FrenchLatin
- GusiiEkegusii · Latin
- GyeleLatin
- HadiyyaHadiyyisa · Latin
- Haitian CreoleKreyòl Ayisyen · Latin
- HaniLatin
- HarariLatin
- HiligaynonIlonggo · Latin
- Hindustani, SarnamiLatin
- Hmonghveb Hmub · Latin
- Hmong NjuaLatin
- Hmong, Northern QiandongHmong (Latin) · Latin
- Hmong, Southern QiandongLatin
- HopiHopilàvayi · Latin
- Huastec, San Luís PotosíLatin
- IcelandicÍslenska · Latin
- IdoLatin
- IlokoIlokano · Latin
- IndonesianIndonesia · Latin
- InnuInnu Aimun · Latin
- InterlinguaLatin
- Interlingue (Latin)
- IraqwLatin
- IrishGaeilge · Latin
- ItalianItaliano · Latin
- IzereLatin
- Jamaican Creole EnglishJamiekan · Latin
- JavaneseJawa · Latin
- Jèrriais, Latin
- KabuverdianuLatin
- KalaallisutLatin
- KalangaLatin
- KalenjinMarkweta · Latin
- KaondeLatin
- Kashmiriکٲشُر (ہِندوستان) · Arabic
- Kazakh (Arabic)
- KhasiKa Ktien Khasi · Latin
- KhowarArabic
- Kichwa, Unified QuichuaLatin
- KimbunduLatin
- KinyarwandaLatin
- KitubaLatin
- Klingon (Latin)
- KombeLatin
- KongoKikongo · Latin
- KonjoLatin
- KuanyamaOshikwanyama · Latin
- KunamaLatin
- KutuLatin
- KwereLatin
- Kyrgyz (Arabic)
- KʼicheʼQatzijob'al · Latin
- Ladino (Latin)
- Lahndaلہندا پنجابی (Arabic) · Arabic
- Latin
- LeleLatin
- LigurianLigure · Latin
- Lingua Franca Nova, Latin
- Lojban (Latin)lojban (Latin)
- LombardLatin
- LomweLatin
- Luba-LuluaTshiluba · Latin
- LuguruLatin
- LundaLatin
- LuoDholuo · Latin
- LuvaleLatin
- LuwoLatin
- LuxembourgishLëtzebuergesch · Latin
- LuyiaLatin
- MachameLatin
- MakhuwaEmakhuwa · Latin
- Makhuwa-MeettoImeetto · Latin
- MakondeChimakonde · Latin
- Malay (Arabic)
- Malay (Latin)
- Mambila, NigeriaLatin
- ManxGaelg · Latin
- ManyikaLatin
- MapucheMapudungun · Latin
- Maranao (Arabic)
- Maranao (Latin)
- MasaabaLatin
- Matsés (Latin)
- Mauritian CreoleKreol Morisien · Latin
- MazanderaniArabic
- Mazatec, IxcatlánLatin
- MeruKîmîîrû · Latin
- Middle High GermanLatin
- MinangkabauBaso Minangkabau · Latin
- Minangkabau (Arabic)
- MískitoLatin
- Mixe, TotontepecLatin
- MohawkKanien’kéha · Latin
- MozarabicLatin
- Musi (Latin)
- NaraLatin
- NdambaLatin
- NdauLatin
- NdongaLatin
- NeapolitanNapulitano · Latin
- NgindoLatin
- NguluLatin
- NomatsiguengaLatin
- North NdebeleisiNdebele · Latin
- Northern FrisianLatin
- Northern LuriArabic
- Northern SothoSepedi · Latin
- NorwegianNorsk · Latin
- Norwegian Bokmålnorsk bokmål · Latin
- Norwegian Nynorsknynorsk · Latin
- NovialLatin
- Nupe-Nupe-TakoLatin
- NyankoleRunyankore · Latin
- NyembaLatin
- NyoroLatin
- OccitanLatin
- OgbahLatin
- OkiekLatin
- Old FrenchLatin
- Old IrishLatin
- Old ProvençalLatin
- Old Welsh, Latin
- OromoAfaan Oromoo · Latin
- OroqenLatin
- Otomi, MezquitalLatin
- Ottoman Turkish, Arabic
- OtuhoLatin
- Paite Chin, Latin
- PampangaKapampangan · Latin
- PapiamentoPapiamentu · Latin
- Pashtoپښتو · Arabic
- Persianفارسی (ایران) · Arabic
- PiedmontesePiemontèis · Latin
- PijinLatin
- Pintupi-LuritjaLatin
- PipilLatin
- PogoloLatin
- PohnpeianPohnpei · Latin
- PökootMarkweta · 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
- Rinconada BikolPandan Bikol · Latin
- Rohingya (Latin)
- RomagnolLatin
- RomanshRumantsch · Latin
- RomboLatin
- RongaLatin
- RundiIkirundi · Latin
- RwaLatin
- SahoLatin
- Saint Lucian Creole French, Latin
- SalarLatin
- SamburuSampur · Latin
- SangoSängö · Latin
- SanguShisango · Latin
- SãotomenseLatin
- SaraikiArabic
- SardinianSardu · Latin
- SasakLatin
- Sassarese SardinianSardu · Latin
- Saterland FrisianLatin
- ScotsScots Leid · Latin
- Scottish GaelicGàidhlig · Latin
- SecoyaLatin
- SenaCisena · Latin
- SeriCmiique Iitom · Latin
- Seselwa Creole FrenchSeselwa · Latin
- ShambalaKishambaa · Latin
- ShillukLatin
- Shipibo-ConiboLatin
- ShonaChishona · Latin
- SidamoLatin
- Sindhiسنڌي (عربي) · Arabic
- SogaLusoga · Latin
- SomaliSoomaali · Latin
- Somali (Arabic)اف صومالِ
- South NdebeleisiNdebele · Latin
- Southern SamiÅarjelsaemiengïele · Latin
- Southern TujiaLatin
- SpanishEspañol · Latin
- Sranan TongoLatin
- SubaLatin
- SundaneseBasa Sunda · Latin
- SwahiliKiswahili · Latin
- Swahili, CongoLatin
- SwatiSiswati · Latin
- SwedishSvenska · Latin
- Swiss GermanSchwyzerdütsch · Latin
- TaitaKidawida · Latin
- Tajik (Arabic)
- Tajik (Latin)
- TakwaneLatin
- Talinga-BwisiLatin
- Tedim ChinLatin
- Tenango Otomi, Latin
- TetumLia Tetun · Latin
- Tetun DiliLatin
- TivLatin
- Tiwi (Latin)
- Tok PisinLatin
- TongaLatin
- TooroLatin
- Totonac, PapantlaLatin
- TsamaiLatin
- TsongaXitsonga · Latin
- TsuvadiLatin
- TswanaSetswana · Latin
- TulaLatin
- Tzeltal, OxchucLatin
- Tzotzil, ChamulaLatin
- Uab MetoUab Metô · Latin
- Uncoded languages, Arabic
- Urduاردو (پاکستان) · Arabic
- Uyghurئۇيغۇرچە (ئەرەب) · Arabic
- Uyghur (Latin)Uighur
- Uzbek (Arabic)اوزبیک (عربی)
- VidundaLatin
- VolapükLatin
- VõroLatin
- VunjoLatin
- WalloonWalon · Latin
- WarayWaray-Waray · Latin
- WarlpiriLatin
- WayuuWayuunaiki · Latin
- WendatLatin
- West Albay BikolPandan Bikol · Latin
- Western FrisianFrysk · Latin
- Wolaytta (Latin)
- XhosaisiXhosa · Latin
- YaneshaʼLatin
- YapeseWaab · Latin
- YasaLatin
- YucatecoMàaya t'àan · Latin
- ZaghawaLatin
- ZandeLatin
- ZáparoLatin
- Zapotec, GüiláLatin
- Zapotec, MiahuatlánLatin
- ZayseLatin
- ZhuangLatin
- ZigulaLatin
- Zoroastrian DariArabic
- ZuluisiZulu · Latin
Styles and weights
4 weights · Normal
Each weight is provided as a separate font file.
- Regular 400
- Medium 500
- Semibold 600
- Bold 700
OpenType features
Availability can vary between files.
- Contextual alternatesChooses alternate forms that work better beside the surrounding letters.
calt - Glyph compositionBuilds or separates glyphs so letters and marks shape correctly.
ccmp - Character variant 12Offers an alternate design for one or more specific characters.
cv12 - Character variant 44Offers an alternate design for one or more specific characters.
cv44 - Character variant 48Offers an alternate design for one or more specific characters.
cv48 - Character variant 49Offers an alternate design for one or more specific characters.
cv49 - Character variant 51Offers an alternate design for one or more specific characters.
cv51 - Character variant 54Offers an alternate design for one or more specific characters.
cv54 - Character variant 60Offers an alternate design for one or more specific characters.
cv60 - Character variant 62Offers an alternate design for one or more specific characters.
cv62 - Character variant 70Offers an alternate design for one or more specific characters.
cv70 - Character variant 72Offers an alternate design for one or more specific characters.
cv72 - Character variant 74Offers an alternate design for one or more specific characters.
cv74 - Character variant 76Offers an alternate design for one or more specific characters.
cv76 - Character variant 78Offers an alternate design for one or more specific characters.
cv78 - Character variant 80Offers an alternate design for one or more specific characters.
cv80 - Character variant 81Offers an alternate design for one or more specific characters.
cv81 - Character variant 82Offers an alternate design for one or more specific characters.
cv82 - Character variant 84Offers an alternate design for one or more specific characters.
cv84 - Character variant 85Offers an alternate design for one or more specific characters.
cv85 - Character variant 88Offers an alternate design for one or more specific characters.
cv88 - 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 - 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 - RTLMApplies the font’s rtlm behavior during text shaping.
rtlm - Stylistic alternatesOffers stylistic alternatives for selected characters.
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License
Complete terms and attribution for this font.
Copyright (c) 1994-2026, SIL Global (https://www.sil.org/), with Reserved Font Names "Scheherazade" and "SIL". This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
Copyright (c) 1994-2026, SIL Global (https://www.sil.org/), with Reserved Font Names "Scheherazade" and "SIL". 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: https://openfontlicense.org/ ---------------------------------------------------- SIL OPEN FONT LICENSE Version 1.1 - 26 February 2007 ---------------------------------------------------- PREAMBLE The goals of the Open Font License (OFL) are to stimulate worldwide development of collaborative font projects, to support the font creation efforts of academic and linguistic communities, and to provide a free and open framework in which fonts may be shared and improved in partnership with others. The OFL allows the licensed fonts to be used, studied, modified and redistributed freely as long as they are not sold by themselves. The fonts, including any derivative works, can be bundled, embedded, redistributed and/or sold with any software provided that any reserved names are not used by derivative works. The fonts and derivatives, however, cannot be released under any other type of license. The requirement for fonts to remain under this license does not apply to any document created using the fonts or their derivatives. DEFINITIONS "Font Software" refers to the set of files released by the Copyright Holder(s) under this license and clearly marked as such. This may include source files, build scripts and documentation. "Reserved Font Name" refers to any names specified as such after the copyright statement(s). "Original Version" refers to the collection of Font Software components as distributed by the Copyright Holder(s). "Modified Version" refers to any derivative made by adding to, deleting, or substituting -- in part or in whole -- any of the components of the Original Version, by changing formats or by porting the Font Software to a new environment. "Author" refers to any designer, engineer, programmer, technical writer or other person who contributed to the Font Software. PERMISSION & CONDITIONS Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of the Font Software, to use, study, copy, merge, embed, modify, redistribute, and sell modified and unmodified copies of the Font Software, subject to the following conditions: 1) Neither the Font Software nor any of its individual components, in Original or Modified Versions, may be sold by itself. 2) Original or Modified Versions of the Font Software may be bundled, redistributed and/or sold with any software, provided that each copy contains the above copyright notice and this license. These can be included either as stand-alone text files, human-readable headers or in the appropriate machine-readable metadata fields within text or binary files as long as those fields can be easily viewed by the user. 3) No Modified Version of the Font Software may use the Reserved Font Name(s) unless explicit written permission is granted by the corresponding Copyright Holder. This restriction only applies to the primary font name as presented to the users. 4) The name(s) of the Copyright Holder(s) or the Author(s) of the Font Software shall not be used to promote, endorse or advertise any Modified Version, except to acknowledge the contribution(s) of the Copyright Holder(s) and the Author(s) or with their explicit written permission. 5) The Font Software, modified or unmodified, in part or in whole, must be distributed entirely under this license, and must not be distributed under any other license. The requirement for fonts to remain under this license does not apply to any document created using the Font Software. TERMINATION This license becomes null and void if any of the above conditions are not met. DISCLAIMER THE FONT SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT OF COPYRIGHT, PATENT, TRADEMARK, OR OTHER RIGHT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE FONT SOFTWARE OR FROM OTHER DEALINGS IN THE FONT SOFTWARE.
Provenance
Where the files came from and what Fontsource distributes.
- Provider
- Google Fonts
- Source files
- 4
- Formats
- TTF
- Revision
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- ScheherazadeNew-Bold.ttf Static · Normal · Bold 700 · Version 4.500 · 580 KB
- ScheherazadeNew-Medium.ttf Static · Normal · Medium 500 · Version 4.500 · 569 KB
- ScheherazadeNew-Regular.ttf Static · Normal · Regular 400 · Version 4.500 · 324 KB
- ScheherazadeNew-SemiBold.ttf Static · Normal · Semibold 600 · Version 4.500 · 576 KB