Add HAFS Uthmanic Font
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	Feb 16 2022, 1:04 PM

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Arabic Wikipedia community found a huge mistakes in text of the Qur'an version used in arwiki. So, we want to use the Qur'an text which published under free license by King Fahd Complex for the Printing of the Holy Quran, but before use it we need to add HAFS Uthmanic Font (another name is Hafs Font with the Uthmanic Script)

UthmanicHafs_V20.ttf286 KBDownload

Font: HAFS Uthmanic (Version No: 2.0)
Ref. URL: font details on official website of King Fahd Complex in English. (web.archive link)
License: See "Usage Rights clause" section on the previous link, which mention that:
"It is available for copying, distribution and usage free of charge in the personal, commercial and all individual fields, as well as, government bodies, entities and civil organizations works."
Arabic Wikipedia discussion: here

Thanks in advance

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As I don't have the technical expertise needed to do so. So, @Nikerabbit and @Reedy, if you can help please?

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Could someone link (URL) and clearly describe (screenshot vs expected behavior?) such "a huge mistake"?

Could someone link (URL) and clearly describe (screenshot vs expected behavior?) such "a huge mistake"?

It's a huge mistakes in the text itself. You can found a table here, including a lot of examples. (The mistakes is indicated in red)

Plus see the section named "additional Features of the Font (In English)"

The origin of this problem (text mistakes), the fact that the Qur'an text uses a special method of writing, known as “Uthmani drawing” and the current fonts do not correspond to this method of drawing, and in some places change the meaning of the word, due to the different treatment of fonts with letters and Arabic diacritics. With the fact that the difference in the meaning of a word affects the meaning of the entire verse.

#1 Fonts supported in Arabic Wikipedia used in Qur'an text (same text on each line but the font is different)