Shehroz-Font
Shehroz-Font is an open-source experimental font project rooted in handwriting, typography, and neography — the practice of creating new ways of writing.
Both fonts in this repository are personal experiments. They are unfinished by design, sometimes inconsistent, and often deliberately broken. The goal here is not to polish a system, but to question it.
Check out the repository on GitHub: Shehroz-Font
⚠️ A Quick Heads-Up
Everything in this repository is experimental.
These fonts may change suddenly, break rules, ignore conventions, or behave unpredictably in real-world use. If you’re looking for something stable or production-ready, this probably isn’t it — and that’s okay.
What’s in This Repository
Shehroz Font (English)
This font started as an attempt to digitize my own handwriting. It slowly turned into an experiment in imbalance, rhythm, and imperfection.
Some letters don’t behave. Some proportions don’t make sense. That’s intentional.
This font is about expression more than correctness.
Shehroz Urdu Font — Neographic Experiment
The Urdu font is a deeper experiment in neography.
Instead of following existing Urdu scripts, this work explores what happens when you try to invent a new way of writing Urdu. Letterforms, joins, and structure are questioned — and sometimes broken entirely.
This is not meant to replace traditional Urdu writing. It’s an exploration of what Urdu could look like if the rules were different.
Readability is secondary. Exploration comes first.
How to Think About This Project
This repository treats fonts as:
- Ongoing experiments
- Personal investigations
- Living, changing systems
Things may improve, regress, or change direction completely. That’s part of the process.
Files & Formats
Available files in this repository include:
.ttffont files- FontForge source files
There are no guarantees of compatibility or consistency between versions.
Installation
If you’re curious enough to try these fonts:
- Download a
.ttffile - Install it like any other font on your system
- Use it, break it, or just look at it
Contributing & Feedback
Thoughts, critique, and conversation are welcome.
If you’re interested in typography, scripts, neography, or broken systems, feel free to open an issue or start a discussion. Pull requests may or may not be merged, depending on where the experiment is heading.
License
All fonts in this repository are released under the SIL Open Font License (OFL).
You’re free to use, modify, and redistribute them — including for commercial work — as long as you don’t sell them as standalone font products.
Contact
📧 me@shehroz.pk
🌐 https://font.shehroz.pk
Made by Shehroz Kaleem — experimenting with handwriting, neography, and what happens when writing systems are allowed to break.