Public interest technology · open-source heritage

Building the digital infrastructure for heritage.

Nasaq is an open-source technology foundation turning centuries-old manuscripts into precise, developer-ready tools — vectors, datasets, and APIs built for the next generation of software.

a Nasaq product

01ن · Naskh · Cairo, 1312
02ك · Thuluth · Istanbul, 1557
03م · Muhaqqaq · Baghdad, 1294
04ه · Diwani · Damascus, 1601

The problem we solve

Millions of manuscripts. Zero are usable by software.

Libraries and museums have scanned centuries of heritage into static images. Those files are legible to the eye but invisible to modern tools. Nasaq acts as a specialised tech lab — turning raw imagery into precise vectors, datasets, and APIs.

Open access

Public interest, not walled gardens.

Every primary dataset, vector path, and developer tool is released open source.

Reverence

Precision is how we show respect.

Pixel-perfect engineering of the mathematical rules the original artists used.

Infrastructure

Scalable, not one-off.

We build the tools other organisations and developers can rely on.

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Flagship initiative

Digitising the heart of Quranic calligraphy.

A dynamic database of glyphs that keep their original curvilinear tension and historical context — not another static font.

High-resolution masterworks

We partner with archives to access and preserve scans of centuries-old manuscripts, keeping provenance attached to every pixel.

Under the Nasaq umbrella

An ecosystem designed to expand.

01/04Building

Nasaq Font API

A Google-Fonts-style delivery network for parametrically generated Arabic and Islamic typography.

02/04Research

Historical OCR models

Open-source ML that reads, transcribes, and maps faded manuscripts and complex compositions.

03/04Planned

Heritage accessibility

Screen-reader frameworks that parse diacritics and structural formatting in historical texts.

04/04Scoping

Geometric patterns

Vector-mapping technology expanded from typography to architectural geometry.

Live · Software

Who relies on Nasaq

A foundation for builders, researchers, and artists.

Engineers building educational platforms, civic tech apps, and digital museums who need authentic typographical and cultural assets.

Funders · archives · researchers · builders

Keep heritage alive as native infrastructure for tomorrow.

We partner with funders and institutions who want open heritage infrastructure — not a one-off art project.