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For those interested i have compiled the following list of fonts that have all the appropriate characters to transliterate the Arabic language:

Serif Transliteration fonts:

Gentium Plus: R, I
Gentium Basic: – no Ain or hamza R, B, I, BI
Gentium Bk Basic: – no Ain or Hamza R, B, I, BI
JGaramond: R, I, B
Cambria: R, I, B, BI
Times NR: R, I, B, BI
Caslon: R
Deja vu: BK, I
Thryomanes: R, B, I, BI
Doulos SIL: R
Charis SIL: R, I, B, BI
Arabic Typesetting: R
Junicode: R, I, B, BI
Chrysanthi: R
Dialekt Uni: R, I, B
Hindsight Uni: R
Cardo: R, I, B
Jaghbub: R, I, B, BI
Leeds Uni: R
KoufrUni: R, B, I, BI
Palatino (TeXGyrePagella): R, I, B, BI
Adobe Text: R, I, B, BI
Linux Libertine: R, I, B, BI
Free Serif: R, I, B, BI

Sans Serif transliteration fonts

Arial: R, I, B, BI
Arial Uni: R
Microsoft SS: R
Myriad: R, I, B, BI
Sakkal Majalla: R, B
Segoe UI: R, I, B, BI
Segoe Semi Light: R, I, B, BI
Tahoma: R, B,
Consolas: R, I, B, BI
Source Sans Pro: R, I, B, BI

R = REGULAR
I = ITALIC
B = BOLD
BI = BOLD ITALIC

I hope that is of some use to someone.

Best wishes

This article was last modified on May 20, 2014

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