# Scheherazade New - Design

Scheherazade New provides a “simplified” rendering of Arabic script, using basic connecting glyphs but not including a wide variety of additional ligatures or contextual alternates (only the required lam-alef ligatures). This simplified style is often preferred for clarity, especially in non-Arabic languages, but may not be considered appropriate in situations where a more elaborate style of calligraphy is preferred.

Two fonts from this typeface family are included in the Scheherazade New release:

- Scheherazade New Regular
- Scheherazade New Bold

## Type Samples

Type samples showing some of the inventory of glyphs can be found here: Scheherazade New Type Sample.

An example of some text is shown below.

Scheherazade New Sample - Genesis 11

## Character Set

For a complete list of characters included in Scheherazade New, see Character Set Support.

## Honorific Ligatures

For a complete list of honorific ligatures included in Scheherazade New, see Honorific Ligatures.

## Formation of Allah Ligature

In certain types of literature, the name Allah and words related to this name are given unique rendering. For a list of the rendering rules, see Formation of Allah Ligature.

## Font Features

Alternate glyphs that are available through features are demonstrated in the Features document.