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Best Arabic Font in Linux

This Guide is for Ubuntu, Fedora 36+ has these configs by default.

  1. Update System
sudo apt update
  1. Install ubuntu-restricted-extras
sudo apt install ubuntu-restricted-extras ubuntu-restricted-addons
  1. Download and Install Fonts
  • Download the below fonts

Noto Sans Arabic
Arimo
Cousine
Tinos

  • Extract it to its folders
find . -name '*.zip' -exec sh -c 'unzip -d "${1%.*}" "$1"' _ {} \;
  • Install it on the system
sudo cp -r Arimo Cousine Tinos Noto_Sans_Arabic /usr/share/fonts/
  1. Config File
  • Create fontconfig Folder
mkdir ~/.config/fontconfig
  • Create fonts.conf file
nano ~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf
  • Copy the below to the file
<?xml version='1.0'?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM 'fonts.dtd'>
<fontconfig>
  <!-- Set preferred serif, sans serif, and monospace fonts. -->
  <alias>
   <family>sans-serif</family>
   <prefer>
    <family>Arimo</family>
    <family>Noto Sans Arabic</family>
   </prefer>
  </alias>

  <alias>
   <family>serif</family>
   <prefer>
    <family>Tinos</family>
    <family>Noto Sans Arabic</family>
   </prefer>
  </alias>

  <alias>
   <family>Sans</family>
   <prefer>
    <family>Arimo</family>
    <family>Noto Sans Arabic</family>
   </prefer>
  </alias>

  <alias>
   <family>monospace</family>
   <prefer>
    <family>Cousine</family>
    <family>Noto Sans Arabic</family>
   </prefer>
  </alias>
  <!-- Aliases for commonly used MS fonts. -->
  <match>
    <test name="family"><string>Arial</string></test>
    <edit name="family" mode="assign" binding="strong">
      <string>Arimo</string>
    </edit>
  </match>
  <match>
    <test name="family"><string>Helvetica</string></test>
    <edit name="family" mode="assign" binding="strong">
      <string>Arimo</string>
    </edit>
  </match>
  <match>
    <test name="family"><string>Verdana</string></test>
    <edit name="family" mode="assign" binding="strong">
      <string>Arimo</string>
    </edit>
  </match>
  <match>
    <test name="family"><string>Tahoma</string></test>
    <edit name="family" mode="assign" binding="strong">
      <string>Arimo</string>
    </edit>
  </match>
  <match>
    <!-- Insert joke here -->
    <test name="family"><string>Comic Sans MS</string></test>
    <edit name="family" mode="assign" binding="strong">
      <string>Arimo</string>
    </edit>
  </match>
  <match>
    <test name="family"><string>Times New Roman</string></test>
    <edit name="family" mode="assign" binding="strong">
      <string>Tinos</string>
    </edit>
  </match>
  <match>
    <test name="family"><string>Times</string></test>
    <edit name="family" mode="assign" binding="strong">
      <string>Tinos</string>
    </edit>
  </match>
  <match>
    <test name="family"><string>Courier New</string></test>
    <edit name="family" mode="assign" binding="strong">
      <string>Cousine</string>
    </edit>
  </match>
</fontconfig>

  • Press CTRL+O to Save

  • Press CTRL+X to Exit

  1. Update Fonts and Config
sudo fc-cache -fv
  1. Firefox

Change Sans-serif Arabic font to Noto Sans Arabic or Noto Sans Arabic UI

  1. Reboot
sudo reboot now

For FlatPak apps

copy the fonts.conf file to ~/.var/app/<APP-FOLDER>/config/fontconfig/

Links from the old tutorial:
https://bit.ly/3jdmH4a
https://bit.ly/35TxicB
https://bit.ly/35P6fPt
https://bit.ly/3xQHi2d
https://bit.ly/3qmvO42