KayKhosrow Arabic Fonts +Latin in 12 Styles

We have all seen the obvious differences between Latin and Arabic letters. A difference that, due to the structure of Arabic cursive letters and Latin letters, seems to have created two completely different worlds. One with vertical letters that are almost isometric and spaced equally, and the other with letters that constantly jump up and down on the baseline and are not calm and steady! Their thicknesses and writing methods are also different. When we use these two alphabets simultaneously in graphic design or typography projects, the letters do not fit together and do not create a proper visual connection. But we had accepted this issue until now, because there was no other way!

So I decided to think about this situation from a typographic perspective. I had come to the conclusion that the final solution was to simply change the letters of the Arabic/Persian alphabet. So these steps were taken to create a completely identical structure in the Arabic and Latin letters of this family of letters:

Removing the connection and cursiveness between letters. To do this, I designed the letters vertically and separately. To accomplish that, it is necessary to design the letters from scratch. All the letters in KayKhosrow fonts have been redesigned. In some cases, the height of the letters had to be increased to match the height of the Latin letters, and in other cases, there was no choice but to rotate and move the letters from their original position.

After completing the above steps, there is no longer a need for 2 or 4 different forms for each Arabic letter. So by removing unnecessary forms, this font now functions completely like a Latin font. And also no angle between 0 and 90. So even some Latin letters have undergone some changes, such as K, R, V and X.


Shahab Siavash, the designer has done more than 47 fonts and got featured on Behance, Microsoft, McGill University research website, Hackernoon, Fontself, FontsInUse,... Astaneh and Hezareh text and headline fonts which is one of his latest designs, already got professional typographers, lay-out and book designers' attention as well as some of the most recognizable publications in Arabic/Persian communities.