The Central Kurdish variety Sorani is mainly written using an Arabic alphabet with 33 letters. Unlike the regular Arabic script, which is an abjad, Kurdish Arabic is an alphabet in which vowels are mandatory.
Table of Unicode characters used in Kurdish-Arabic script Arabic Unicode name (Arabic letters) Hex.ئYeh with Hamza above0626اAlef0627بBeh0628پPeh067EتTeh062AجJeem062CچTcheh0686حHah062DخKhah062EدDal062FرReh0631ڕReh with small V below0695زZain0632ژJeh0698سSeen0633شSheen0634عAin0639غGhain063AفFeh0641ڤVeh06A4قQaf0642کKeheh06A9كKaf0643گGaf06AFلLam0644ڵLam with small V06B5مMeem0645نNoon0646وWaw0648ۆOe06C6ۇU06C7ۊWaw with two dots above06CAھHeh Doachashmee06BEهHeh0647ەAe06D5یFarsi Yeh06CCێYeh with small V06CE
Non-letter characters in addition to punctuation marks and symbols are: Tatweel (U+0640), used to stretch characters. Zero width non-joiner (U+200C). Usage of the ZWNJ is non-standard but occurs a lot, most of the time this is due to poor conversions from non-Unicode to Unicode mapping in texts.
Kurdish Unicode fonts Font pack Names of fonts Linkwith Microsoft WindowsArabic Transparent Arabic Typesetting Arial Courier New Microsoft sans Serif Microsoft Uighur Tahoma Times New RomanX Series 2 fontsXB Zar XB Yagut XB Riyaz XB Roya XB Shafigh XB Shafigh Kurd XB Shafigh Uzbek XB Shiraz XB Sols XB Tabriz XB Titre XM Traffic XM Vahid XP Vosta XM Yermook XB Yas XP Ziba by Iranian Mac User Group – X Series 2 Download Page, built on freely available fonts and extended to support Persian, Arabic, Urdu, Pashto, Dari, Uzbek, Kurdish, Uighur, old Turkish (Ottoman) and modern Turkish (Roman) and equipped with two font technologies, AAT and OpenType. Can be used on any platform; Mac, Windows or Linux. Note: XB Shafigh Kurd automatically adds a ئ (Yeh with Hamza above) before vowels. It seems fine while you're using this font, but since there aren't any actual ئs in the text, you have to add them when you switch fonts. Unikurd fonts suited by Kurd IT group – Download Page Nefel fontsA_Nefel_Adetî A_Nefel_Adetî_Qelew A_Nefel_Botan A_Nefel_Sereke A_Nefel_Sereke_Qelew suited by Nefel – Download Page ABD fonts43 ABD Fonts suited by eDuhok.net – Download Page SIL InternationalScheherazade Lateefcreated by SIL International – Download Page PakType PakType Naqsh PakType NaskhBasic PakType TehreerPakType – Pakistani Typography Droid Droid Arabic Naskh [http://code.google.com/p/googlefontdirectory/source/browse/#hg%2Fapache%2Fdroidarabicnaskh%253Fstate%253Dclosed Google font directory], FFonts Bahij 72 Bahij FontsBahij Virtual Academy - Kurdish Standard Fonts Sarchia 100 Sarchia Fonts suited by Sarchia Khursheed – Download Page
Non-Unicode fonts
Ali fonts Alifonts, widely used with Windows 98, enabled typing of Kurdish with Arabic or Farsi keyboard layouts. While it uses a non-standard mapping, typing Kurdish with Alifonts remains popular, as it does not require a specific Kurdish keyboard layout.
Ribaz fonts Ribaz Font, 99 non-Unicode fonts suited from Arabic fonts. file
Zanest fonts Download zanest fonts 1994
Dilan fonts
Converting to Unicode http://www.transliteration.kpr.eu/ku/en.html Kurdî Nûs], a versatile tool for converting to Unicode and Kurdish Latin by pellk Software Development Institute. KurdITGroup's font converter, for converting non-Unicode fonts to Unicode. Beware: Some old converters convert Teh Marbuta (0629) to Heh + ZWNJ (0647 200C) instead of the correct Ae (06D5)!
Most converters don't retain formatting through non-joiners and therefore give a slightly different, albeit more standard, rendering.
Web fonts Unikurd Web: for 10, 11 and 12 pt Tahoma & Tahoma Bold Times New Roman Arial
See also Kurdish alphabet