Download Noto Kufi Arabic for Branding, Headings, and Structured UI
Noto Kufi Arabic gives you a calmer, more reusable Kufi direction for Arabic brand systems, interface headings, hero modules, and geometric short text.
Noto Kufi Arabic heading sample
Noto Kufi Arabic Font Download (TTF)
Noto Kufi Arabic is the Noto geometric Kufi for brand marks, headings, and structured labels. Download the free TTF from the Noto Arabic sources or Google Fonts. It is not the same family as Noto Naskh Arabic or Noto Sans Arabic.
The Google Fonts package includes static weights and a variable font. For Windows, macOS, Word, and Canva, install or upload a static Regular or Bold TTF. The menu name is the full string Noto Kufi Arabic.
Noto Kufi Arabic is part of the Noto project and licensed under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. You can use the files in commercial documents, books, apps, and websites. If you pass the font files on, keep the license text with them. The license does not allow selling the font files by themselves.
Install the TTF on Windows
- Unzip the official package and pick the .ttf file you need. Install the font file, not the .zip.
- Right-click that .ttf and choose Install. Choose Install for all users when everyone on the PC should see it.
- Quit and reopen Word, or any other app that was already open, so the new family loads.
Install the TTF on macOS
- Unzip the official package and double-click the .ttf file. Font Book opens.
- Click Install, then confirm the family appears in Font Book.
- Reopen the app where you want to use the font.
On Linux, copy the same .ttf files into ~/.fonts/ or ~/.local/share/fonts/ and refresh the font cache.
How to Use Noto Kufi Arabic in Word and Canva
Microsoft Word
Use Noto Kufi Arabic for a heading, a logo line, or a short label. Set the complex-script font to that full name and the paragraph to right-to-left. For body copy in the same document, switch the complex-script font to Cairo or Noto Naskh Arabic.
- Enable Arabic as an Office authoring language if you do not see a Right-to-left paragraph button. Microsoft shows that button in the Paragraph group on the Home tab only after a right-to-left language is enabled.
- Select the Arabic text and choose Noto Kufi Arabic on the Home tab. Open the Font dialog with Ctrl+D and set the complex-script font to Noto Kufi Arabic as well, so Arabic does not stay on a fallback while Latin text uses another face.
- In the Paragraph group, click Right-to-left. Arabic letters join when the paragraph direction is right-to-left and the complex-script font is the family you installed.
- If Noto Kufi Arabic is missing from the font menu, close Word, confirm the TTF installed, and open the document again.
Microsoft documents the Right-to-left paragraph button in Using right-to-left languages in Office.
Google Docs
Search More fonts for Noto Kufi Arabic, not Noto Naskh Arabic. Apply it to the heading style. If Docs does not list it, the static TTF belongs in Word.
- On the Google Docs home screen, open the menu, choose Settings, and turn on Always show right-to-left controls.
- In the document, select the text, open the font menu, choose More fonts, and search for Noto Kufi Arabic.
- If the family is not listed, Docs cannot use a TTF from your computer. Use Word with the installed font, or upload the TTF where the tool accepts custom fonts.
- Select the Arabic paragraph and click Paragraph direction on the toolbar so the paragraph runs right-to-left.
Google documents the paragraph-direction control in Edit and view text from right to left.
Canva
No Canva help or newsroom page confirms that Noto Kufi Arabic is in the built-in font menu. Upload a static Regular or Bold TTF. Canva does not support variable fonts, so leave the variable file in the ZIP.
- Font upload is available on Canva Pro, Canva Teams, Canva Business, Canva Education, and Canva for Nonprofits. A Brand Kit owner or admin has to upload the file.
- From the homepage, open Brand, then Fonts, then Add to category, then Upload a font. Canva accepts OTF, TTF, and WOFF. It does not accept ZIP or WOFF2.
- Upload each static style you need. Bold stays unavailable until the bold file is uploaded. Canva does not support variable fonts.
- In the editor, select the text, choose the uploaded family, and set the paragraph to right-to-left so Arabic joins.
Canva documents the upload path in Upload and use Brand Kit fonts and the accepted formats in file upload requirements. The SIL Open Font License allows embedding in a design. Upload only fonts you are licensed to use.
Web @font-face
Google Fonts stylesheet: https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Noto+Kufi+Arabic:wght@400;500;600;700&display=swap. CSS family: 'Noto Kufi Arabic', sans-serif
Self-host with same-origin WOFF2
Self-host the same-origin WOFF2 files for geometric headings on the web. Desktop and Canva use the static TTF.
Noto Kufi Arabic vs Cairo
Noto Kufi Arabic keeps a geometric Kufi skeleton for wordmarks, hero headings, and structured labels. Cairo is the contemporary Arabic and Latin sans for interface text and bilingual sentences. Use Noto Kufi Arabic for the mark and Cairo for the product UI. They share a modern tone and still solve different jobs: constructed Kufi versus readable UI sans.
Compare CairoQuestions about the Noto Kufi Arabic TTF
Where do I download Noto Kufi Arabic as a TTF?
Download the official family from Google Fonts or the Noto Arabic GitHub sources. Use a static TTF under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. The variable font is a separate file.
How do I use Noto Kufi Arabic in Word?
Install the static TTF, enable Arabic, set the complex-script font to Noto Kufi Arabic, and set the heading paragraph to right-to-left. Use a text face such as Cairo for long paragraphs.
How do I add Noto Kufi Arabic to Canva?
Upload the static TTF in Brand Kit. Public Canva docs do not confirm a built-in Noto Kufi Arabic font, and Canva will not accept the variable font file.
Noto Kufi Arabic gives the library a more stable Kufi anchor than pure display-only options. It keeps a geometric Arabic silhouette, but it is calmer and more reusable across interfaces, headings, product labels, and brand systems than compressed poster faces.
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