Kawkab Mono

Kawkab Mono is Abdullah Arif’s monospaced Arabic font for source code, text editors and fixed-pitch text. Its Latin component comes from Source Code Pro; the package includes Light, Regular and Bold.

A fixed grid does not resolve bidirectional text

Use a realistic code sample containing Arabic comments, punctuation, numbers and Latin identifiers. Monospacing helps with columns, but the Unicode bidirectional algorithm still controls how these pieces are ordered. A font cannot repair an editor’s direction settings.

The project describes ligatures as taking either one cell or a multiple of the character width, an “eventually fixed-width” approach. Check the editor and ligatures you actually use before relying on visual column counts. For tabular text, test both disconnected samples and joined Arabic words: a grid demonstrated with isolated Latin letters is not enough.

For a current coding environment, compare Cascadia Code’s variable weights and Arabic ligatures on the same comment and check cursor movement in your editor.

Files, weights and supported scripts

The ZIP contains 3 original TTF files, version 0.501, with the license. Available preview weights: 300, 400, 700. The supplied source covers Arabic, Persian, Latin.

Compare the intended use

For surrounding interface labels, compare the proportional Noto Sans Arabic. A title styled as an electronic readout can instead use Layla Digital’s segmented lettering. Its single Regular 400 style is a display effect, not a substitute for Kawkab Mono’s fixed-pitch code setting; test it on a short title outside the editor text.

For reproducing a legacy fixed-pitch editor, compare Thabit’s upright and oblique files. Its lighter source weight is 500, unlike historical metadata labels; check actual column behavior instead of matching CSS numbers alone.

License and source

Personal and commercial use, embedding and redistribution are permitted under SIL Open Font License 1.1. Keep the included license and notices when distributing font files. See the official Kawkab Mono source.

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