# RuFa Dataset

Images of text written using one of two Arabic fonts: Ruqaa and Nastaliq (Farsi).

The dataset is balanced between the two classes and contains two data types:

1. Real: 516 images collected from two books of Arabic calligraphy, namely:
    1. “The Rules of Arabic Calligraphy” by Hashem Al-Khatat - 1986.
    2. “Ottman Fonts” by Muhammad Amin Osmanli Ketbkhana.

2. Synthetic: 40,000 images generated as described in [this post](https://mhmoodlan.github.io/blog/arabic-font-classification){:target="_blank"}.
