LOTUS LINOTYPE

CONTENTS
Introduction to Lotus Linotype
Introduction to OpenType Fonts
Folder Contents
OpenType Features Content
Language Coverage
Windows CodePage Supported
Mac OS Language Support
Sample Glyph Presentations :
Light :
Character Set – 14 pts
Sample Glyphs in different sizes
Bold :
Character Set – 14 pts
Sample Glyphs in different sizes

INTRODUCTION TO LOTUS LINOTYPE

Linotype’s Lotus font derives from foundry types cut earlier this century from calligraphic models in
the Ottoman style of Naskh (the traditional style of Arabic script for use in printing). Its graceful
finials and elegant logotypes contribute to the classic look of the face making it particularly suitable for
serious book and journal work.
The OpenType versions of these fonts have taken full advantage of digital technology to allow accurate
positioning of diacriticals and kerning refinements. Lotus font contains two weights, Lotus light and
Lotus bold.

Lotus is a Trademark of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, which may be registered in certain

jurisdictions, exclusively licensed through Linotype Library GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG.

INTRODUCTION TO OPENTYPE FONTS

OpenType “.otf ” fonts are compact single-file cross-platform fonts, which can have extended language
support based on Unicode, and enhanced typographic layout features. For OpenType information,
including application compatibility notes, Glyph Complement PDFs, and Specimen Book PDFs, visit
Adobe’s Web site at http://www.adobe.com/type/opentype.
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2 font files (one style per file) and this presentation pdf.

Light : LotusLinotype-Light.otf
Bold : LotusLinotype-Bold.otf

OPENTYPE FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS

The most prominent OpenType layout features in these fonts are: Arabic/Hindi/Farsi figures, letters
used in Farsi, standard ligatures and mark positioning. Note that the choice of which OpenType
features are supported is specific to each application.

LANGUAGE COVERAGE
Arabic, Farsi, Jawi, Kurdish.

WINDOWS CODE PAGES SUPPORTED

1256 Arabic

MAC OS LANGUAGE SUPPORT

On Mac OS 9.x only the MacRoman encoding is supported for OpenType font. Therefore support for
Arabic and Farsi will be available only in Adobe ME applications. For this reason you have to install
the fonts (the 2 .otf files) in Adobe font folder : HD\Application Support\Adobe\Fonts.
Mac OSX.1.5 is still not supporting Arabic. This support should be available in future Mac OSX
releases.
 ‫‪LOTUS LINOTYPE‬‬
‫‪SAMPLE GLYPHS IN A 12 PTS SIZE FOR THE 2 STYLES‬‬

‫‪Light‬‬
‫َاﻟََﻤَﺤَﺒَﺔ ُاُﻟُﻤُﺤُﺒُﺔ ْاﻟْْﻤْﺤْﺒْﺔ ا ِﻟ ِِﻤِﺤﺒِِﺔ ﱡاﱡﻟﱡﻤﱡﺤﱡﺒﱡﺔ ﱠاﱠﻟﱠﻤﱠﺤﱠﺒﱠﺔ ﱟاﻟﱟﱟﻤﱟﺤﱟﺒﱟﺔ ﱞاﱞﻟﱞﻤﱞﺤﱞﺒﱞﺔ‬

‫ﳌﺤﺖ ﰲ ﻗﻲ ﻻ ﳊﻢ ﳋﻢ ﺑﲔ ﺑﻢ ﺑﻤﻦ ﺗﻢ ﲤﻦ ﱄ ﱃ ﻧﺠﻤﺖ ﺳﻢ ﺳﻤﺖ ﳑﺖ‬

‫‪۴۵۶ ١٢٣٤٥٦٧٨٩٠ 1234567890‬‬

‫‪Bold‬‬
‫َاَﻟَﻤَﺤَﺒَﺔ ُاُﻟُﻤُﺤُﺒُﺔ ْاْﻟْﻤْﺤْﺒْﺔ ا ِﻟ ِِﻤِﺤﺒِِﺔ ﱡاﱡﻟﱡﻤﱡﺤﱡﺒﱡﺔ ﱠاﱠﻟﱠﻤﱠﺤﱠﺒﱠﺔ ﱟاﱟﻟﱟﻤﱟﺤﱟﺒﱟﺔ ﱞاﱞﻟﱞﻤﱞﺤﱞﺒﱞﺔ‬

‫ﳌﺤﺖ ﰲ ﻗﻲ ﻻ ﳊﻢ ﳋﻢ ﺑﲔ ﺑﻢ ﺑﻤﻦ ﺗﻢ ﲤﻦ ﱄ ﱃ ﻧﺠﻤﺖ ﺳﻢ ﺳﻤﺖ ﳑﺖ‬

‫‪۴۵۶ ١٢٣٤٥٦٧٨٩٠ 1234567890‬‬

 ‫‪LOTUS LINOTYPE - LIGHT‬‬
‫‪CHARACTER SET - 14 pts‬‬

‫‪Arabic letters‬‬
‫ا ـﺎ ب ﺑﺒﺐ ت ﺗﺘﺖ ث ﺛﺜﺚ ج ﺟﺠﺞ ح ﺣﺤﺢ خ ﺧﺨﺦ د دـﺪـﺪ ذ ذـﺬـﺬ ر رـﺮـﺮ ز زـﺰـﺰ س ﺳﺴﺲ ش ﺷﺸﺶ ص ﺻﺼﺺ ض‬
‫ﺿﻀﺾ ط ﻃﻄﻂ ظ ﻇﻈﻆ ع ﻋﻌﻊ غ ﻏﻐﻎ ف ﻓﻔﻒ ق ﻗﻘﻖ ك ﻛﻜﻚ ل ﻟﻠﻞ م ﳑﻢ ن ﻧﻨﻦ ه ﻫﻬﻪ ي ﻳﻴﻲ و وـﻮـﻮ‬
‫ؤ ؤـﺆـﺆ ئ ﺋﺌﺊ ة ـﺔ ء أ ﺄ إ ﺈ آ ﺂ‬

‫‪Farsi letters and digits‬‬

‫گ ﮔﮕﮓ پ ﭘﭙﭗ ک ﻛﻜﮏ چ ﭼﭽﭻ ڤ ﭬﭭﭫ ژ ﮋ ی ﯽ ‪۶۵۴‬‬

‫‪Sample ligatures‬‬
‫ﲢ ﲡ ﳜ ﳛ ﳚ ﲨ ﲪ ﳏ ﳎ ﳐ ﲬ ﳉ ﳊ ﳋ ﳍ ﳌ ﱂ ﲈ ﳑ ﳖ ﲤ ﲠ ﲥ ﳞ ﰐ ﰊ ﲔ ﲏ ﱪ ﱰ ﲑﳘ ﳾﴍﴇ ﴏﴆﴈ ﴅﴐﰲ ﰱ ﻷ ﻶ‬
‫ﻹﻸﻼﻻﻵﻺﱄﲆﲇﱃﷲﷺ‬

‫‪Diacritics‬‬
‫َاﻟََﻤَﺤَﺒَﺔ ُاُﻟُﻤُﺤُﺒُﺔ ْاﻟْْﻤْﺤْﺒْﺔ ا ِﻟ ِِﻤِﺤﺒِِﺔ ﱡاﱡﻟﱡﻤﱡﺤﱡﺒﱡﺔ ﱠاﱠﻟﱠﻤﱠﺤﱠﺒﱠﺔ ﱟاﻟﱟﱟﻤﱟﺤﱟﺒﱟﺔ ﱞاﱞﻟﱞﻤﱞﺤﱞﺒﱞﺔ‬
‫ـ ﱣ ٰـ ٔـ ٕـ ٓـ‬

‫‪Digits‬‬
‫‪٠١٢٣٤٥٦٧٨٩ 0123456789‬‬

‫‪Arabic Punctuation Marks‬‬

‫؟؛‪﴾﴿[\] () {|} «» !٫٬%،٠‬‬
 ‫‪LOTUS LINOTYPE - LIGHT‬‬
‫‪SAMPLE GLYPHS IN DIFFERENT SIZES‬‬
‫‪6 PT‬‬ ‫أبج ش ضظغكقفمنوز‬

‫‪12 PT‬‬ ‫أبج ش ضظغكقفمنوز‬

‫‪18 PT‬‬ ‫أبج ش ضظغكقفمنوز‬

‫‪30 PT‬‬
‫أبج ش ضظغكقفمنوز‬
‫‪36 PT‬‬
‫أبج ش ضظغكقفمنوز‬
‫‪40 PT‬‬
‫أبج ش ضظغكقفمنو‬
‫‪48 PT‬‬
‫أبج ش ضظغكقف‬
‫‪60 PT‬‬
‫أبج ش ضظغك‬
‫‪72 PT‬‬

‫أبج ش ضظ‬
‫‪90 PT‬‬

‫أبج ش ض‬
 ‫‪LOTUS LINOTYPE - BOLD‬‬
‫‪CHARACTER SET - 14 pts‬‬

‫‪Arabic letters‬‬
‫ا ـﺎ ب ﺑﺒﺐ ت ﺗﺘﺖ ث ﺛﺜﺚ ج ﺟﺠﺞ ح ﺣﺤﺢ خ ﺧﺨﺦ د دـﺪـﺪ ذ ذـﺬـﺬ ر رـﺮـﺮ ز زـﺰـﺰ س ﺳﺴﺲ ش ﺷﺸﺶ ص ﺻﺼﺺ‬
‫ض ﺿﻀﺾ ط ﻃﻄﻂ ظ ﻇﻈﻆ ع ﻋﻌﻊ غ ﻏﻐﻎ ف ﻓﻔﻒ ق ﻗﻘﻖ ك ﻛﻜﻚ ل ﻟﻠﻞ م ﳑﻢ ن ﻧﻨﻦ ه ﻫﻬﻪ ي ﻳﻴﻲ و ـﻮ‬
‫ؤ ـﺆ ئ ﺋﺌﺊ ة ـﺔ ء أ ﺄ إ ﺈ آ ﺂ‬

‫‪Farsi letters and digits‬‬

‫گ ﮔﮕﮓ پ ﭘﭙﭗ ک ﻛﻜﮏ چ ﭼﭽﭻ ڤ ﭬﭭﭫ ژ ﮋ ی ﯽ ‪۶۵۴‬‬

‫‪Sample ligatures‬‬
‫ﲢ ﲡ ﳜ ﳛ ﳚ ﲨ ﲪ ﳏ ﳎ ﳐ ﲬ ﳉ ﳊ ﳋ ﳍ ﳌ ﱂ ﲈ ﳑ ﳖ ﲤ ﲠ ﲥ ﳞ ﰐ ﰊ ﲔ ﲏ ﱪ ﱰ ﲑﳘ ﳾﴍﴇ ﴏﴆﴈ ﴅﴐﰲ ﰱ ﻷ ﻶ‬
‫ﻹﻸﻼﻻﻵﻺﱄﲆﲇﱃﷲﷺ‬

‫‪Diacritics‬‬
‫َاَﻟَﻤَﺤَﺒَﺔ ُاُﻟُﻤُﺤُﺒُﺔ ْاْﻟْﻤْﺤْﺒْﺔ ا ِﻟ ِِﻤِﺤﺒِِﺔ ﱡاﱡﻟﱡﻤﱡﺤﱡﺒﱡﺔ ﱠاﱠﻟﱠﻤﱠﺤﱠﺒﱠﺔ ﱟاﱟﻟﱟﻤﱟﺤﱟﺒﱟﺔ ﱞاﱞﻟﱞﻤﱞﺤﱞﺒﱞﺔ‬
‫ـ ﱣ ٰـ ٔـ ٕـ ٓـ‬

‫‪Digits‬‬
‫‪٠١٢٣٤٥٦٧٨٩ 0123456789‬‬

‫‪Arabic Punctuation Marks‬‬

‫؟ ؛ ‪﴾ ﴿ [\ ] ( ) { | } « » ! ٫ ٬ % ، ٠‬‬
 ‫‪LOTUS LINOTYPE - BOLD‬‬
‫‪SAMPLE GLYPHS IN DIFFERENT SIZES‬‬
‫‪6 PT‬‬ ‫أبج ش ضظغكقفمنوز‬

‫‪12 PT‬‬ ‫أبج ش ضظغكقفمنوز‬

‫‪18 PT‬‬ ‫أبج ش ضظغكقفمنوز‬

‫‪30 PT‬‬
‫أبج ش ضظغكقفمنوز‬
‫‪36 PT‬‬
‫أبج ش ضظغكقفمنو‬
‫‪40 PT‬‬
‫أبج ش ضظغكقفم‬
‫‪48 PT‬‬
‫أبج ش ضظغكق‬
‫‪60 PT‬‬
‫أبج ش ضظغ‬
‫‪72 PT‬‬

‫أبج ش ضظ‬
‫‪90 PT‬‬

‫أبج ش ض‬