Author's note

SHia by Ashura is a free ancient Islamic dingbats font built around devotional calligraphy, seal-like medallions, and shrine silhouettes. The set feels ceremonial rather than ornamental, with dense Arabic lettering framed inside circles, domes, and emblem shapes that read like marks for posters, banners, or religious ephemera.

This free font fits design work that needs symbolic Islamic imagery without turning to illustration, especially event flyers, book covers, commemorative posters, invitation pieces, and title panels. Because the motifs arrive as compact, self-contained icons, it also works well for badges, chapter openers, and short display spots where a single mark can carry the whole mood.

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
Freeware by Ashura ( Iran - Tehran )
Font family
SHia
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
SHia
Full font name
SHia
Name table version
1.01 ( 1428/03/26 )
Postscript font name
SHia
Trademark notice
Ashura

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 1.0 semantics
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Created2007-04-13
Revision1
Glyph count103
Units per Em1850
Embedding rightsEmbedding for permanent installation
Family classSymbolic
WeightMedium (normal)
WidthMedium (normal)
Width typeNormal
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs
Pattern natureRegular
StyleUpright
Stroke weightBook, text, regular, etc.
PitchNot monospaced
Symbol setWindows 3.1 ANSI