From: shailenpatel2 <shailenp@google.com>
Date: Tue, 23 May 2023 21:08:18 +0000 (-0700)
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+<p>Gulzar: Expanding the variety of Urdu Nasta'liq options</p>
+<img src="hero.png">
+<h3>Making of Gulzar</h3>
+<p>To give Urdu speakers more typeface choices, in July 2022, Google Fonts added <a href="https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Gulzar">Gulzar</a>, a new Nasta'liq Urdu typeface.</p>
+<figure>
+    <img src="gulzar.png" alt="Four lines of white text on a black background">
+    <figcaption>
+        1. Gulzar Nasta'liq<br>
+        2. Gulzar Latin<br>
+        <br>
+        "All human beings are born free and equal in terms of rights and dignity." In Urdu (Gulzar Nasta'liq) and transliterated in Latin (Gulzar Latin).
+    </figcaption>
+</figure>
+<p><a href="http://corvelsoftware.co.uk/">Simon Cozens</a>, <a href="https://www.reading.ac.uk/typography/staff/dr-borna-izadpanah">Dr. Borna Izadpanah</a>, and <a href="https://www.reading.ac.uk/typography/staff/professor-fiona-ross">Dr. Fiona Ross</a> conducted their own research and consulted with Urdu language specialists in Pakistan and the United Kingdom to create the Gulzar Urdu Nasta'liq typeface project. Gulzar means "flower meadow" in Urdu.</p>
+<p>Izadpanah is a native Persian speaker from Tehran, Iran. He learned Nasta'liq as a model for Persian handwriting in primary school.</p>
+<p>"Designing a digital Nasta'liq typeface was my long-held dream," Izadpanah stated. As the principal Gulzar designer, he conducted the preliminary research and drew the <a href="https://fonts.google.com/knowledge/glossary/glyph">glyphs</a>.</p>
+<p>Ross was familiar with the Urdu language and type design from her language studies and earlier work on two Nasta'liq typefaces, Sheeraz and Qalmi, for which <a href="https://github.com/simoncozens/nastaliq-engineering/blob/master/GB2208556A.pdf">Linotype acquired a patent</a>.</p>
+<p>To make a modern digital font based on the Urdu flavor of the Nasta'liq style, Izadpanah studied the proportions, stroke modulation, and character features in <a href="https://fonts.google.com/knowledge/glossary/calligraphy">calligraphy</a> manuals and a collection of <a href="https://fonts.google.com/knowledge/glossary/lettering">lettering</a> specimens</p>
+<p>To learn more, visit "Gulzar: Expanding the variety of urdu Nasta'liq options" (<a href="https://fonts.googleblog.com/2023/03/why-are-there-so-few-digital-nastaliq.html">English</a>, <a href="https://fonts.googleblog.com/2023/03/blog-post.html">Urdu</a>) and "Why are there so few Urdu fonts?" (<a href="https://fonts.googleblog.com/2023/03/why-are-there-so-few-digital-nastaliq.html">English</a>, <a href="https://fonts.googleblog.com/2023/03/blog-post.html">Urdu</a>).</p>
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