SDARM communicates in dozens of languages — including non-Latin scripts such as Arabic, Devanagari, Cyrillic, Korean and Japanese. The Noto family covers them all with the same visual harmony.
The most critical variable in multilingual materials is the relative size of the scripts. Scripts such as Devanagari and Korean tend to look larger than Latin at the same point size — which may require a fine adjustment of 1–2pt to harmonize them visually.
For materials in Arabic and Hebrew (RTL — right to left), the text alignment is reversed, but the typography remains the same. The logotype in those contexts should be positioned to the right of the composition — this decision is still being defined by the General Conference and will be documented in a future update of the Brand Book.
Scripts with confirmed support
The Noto family supports: Latin, Cyrillic, Greek, Arabic, Hebrew, Devanagari, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Tibetan, Korean (Hangul), Japanese (Hiragana, Katakana, Kanji), Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese. Any script not covered by Noto must be reported to the GC communication team so that an approved alternative can be defined.