Noto Sans Psalter Pahlavi

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Noto Sans Psalter Pahlavi is a specialized script font designed to accurately render the Psalter Pahlavi writing system, an ancient Iranian script used primarily in religious manuscripts from the Sasanian period. Visually, it carries the precise, angular qualities typical of historical Pahlavi inscriptions, with carefully constructed letterforms that prioritize scholarly accuracy over decorative flair. The typeface has a restrained, technical personality suited to serious academic and archival contexts rather than mainstream design work. As part of Google's Noto family, it is built to integrate cleanly with other Noto fonts, sharing consistent metrics and a neutral sans-serif approach that keeps the focus on readability and script integrity.

The most practical application for Noto Sans Psalter Pahlavi is in academic publishing, particularly journals, textbooks, and digital archives dealing with ancient Iranian languages, Zoroastrian studies, or Middle Persian literature. Museums and cultural institutions presenting artifacts or collections related to the Sasanian Empire would benefit from using it in exhibition labels, digital displays, or catalog pages where authentic script representation matters. It also serves well in multilingual document systems or language preservation platforms that need reliable Unicode coverage for historical scripts, ensuring that Psalter Pahlavi text displays correctly alongside modern languages without rendering errors.

Best suited for: Consider Noto Sans Psalter Pahlavi for interfaces, navigation, landing pages, brand systems, and content layouts that benefit from a practical sans-serif foundation.

Design considerations: This ProFont page provides one available variant, so typographic hierarchy will need to come primarily from size, spacing, color, or a supporting family. Test Noto Sans Psalter Pahlavi with real project copy at the intended scale before using it across multiple text roles.

Pairing guidance: Consider Noto Serif for editorial headings or longer supporting text, Noto Sans for body copy, navigation, or interface text, and Noto Sans Display for body copy, navigation, or interface text, assigning each family a distinct role alongside Noto Sans Psalter Pahlavi.

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Which languages does Noto Sans Psalter Pahlavi support?

Noto Sans Psalter Pahlavi includes 3 character sets:

• Latin: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and other Western European languages
• Latin Extended: Central and Eastern European languages such as Polish, Czech, Turkish, Romanian and Hungarian
• Psalter Pahlavi

It does not include Cyrillic or Greek characters, so it can't set Russian, Ukrainian or Greek text.

Can I use Noto Sans Psalter Pahlavi commercially?

Yes, it's free for personal and commercial use. Noto Sans Psalter Pahlavi is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. You can use it in logos, websites, apps, videos, printed products and merchandise without paying or asking permission. The one thing you can't do is sell the font file on its own.

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