Format Fix is Arabic, Urdu, and English Islamic book formatting — typeset by hand, proofed by native readers, and reviewed by one accountable formatter on every project. Not a marketplace listing, and not a rotating pool of subcontractors.
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Format Fix is run by Ata Rafi, Founder and Chief Formatter. Every project — from a single self-published title to a multi-volume institutional reference series — is reviewed and signed off on by the same person.
Work isn't routed through a rotating pool of subcontractors or an anonymous marketplace listing. That distinction matters here more than in most other kinds of freelance work, because the usual alternative is a gig profile with no verifiable identity and no one specific person accountable if a religious or scholarly text is handled wrong. See In-House vs. Outsourced Arabic Typesetting for why that specific risk exists, or FormatFix vs. Offshore Typesetting Mills for how that plays out against a high-volume operation specifically.
Format Fix specializes in Arabic, Urdu, and English Islamic-text typesetting and editorial formatting: right-to-left layout, Quranic tashkeel and Tajweed precision, scholarly reference structure, and bilingual page systems. It does not do children's books, illustration-primary work, or full cover graphic design — those are different disciplines with different specialists, and stretching into them would dilute the standard applied to the text-heavy, script-precise work this business exists for.
Footnotes, cross-references, and structural systems for reference-heavy Arabic manuscripts.
Tashkeel and Tajweed-sensitive layout for Quranic verses, tafsir works, and translation editions.
Arabic-English books where both reading directions have to resolve on the same page.
Nastaliq and Naskh script handling for print and EPUB Urdu publications.
Quran and Hadith citation conventions for English-language Islamic titles.
Manuscript digitization for handwritten and scanned documents in either script. See Urdu Typing Services.
Misra pairing and qafiya alignment for classical diwans and poetry collections.
Cross-volume style guides and consistent structure for series and multi-volume reference works.
200+ books typeset for clients across 7+ countries — and the same formatting standard is applied regardless of scale:
Multi-volume reference series and Sharia-standard translations for organizations including AAOIFI, Looh Press, and Imam Ghazali Publishing.
Manuscripts prepared for peer review, publication, or institutional archives — structured to the precision scholarly review expects.
Self-published authors taking a first manuscript to Amazon KDP, IngramSpark, or a regional printer, formatted to the same standard as institutional work — see 10 signs your Arabic book formatting looks self-published for what that standard actually means in practice.
See Arabic Typesetting Process Explained for the actual stage-by-stage pipeline these standards apply to.
Publishing houses and religious institutions producing scholarly and Islamic reference works at scale.
Independent authors taking a finished manuscript to Amazon KDP, IngramSpark, or a regional printer.
Academic researchers preparing manuscripts for publication, peer review, or institutional archives.
Organizations digitizing and formatting older records, correspondence, or reference material.
A username and a price tell you nothing about who's actually touching a religious or scholarly text, or whether it'll be handled the same way twice.
Anonymous username, no verifiable identity, no consistent standard from one order to the next, no confidentiality commitment stated.
One named, accountable formatter on every project, a consistent process applied regardless of scale, and confidential handling as the default — not an upsell.
Ata Rafi, Founder and Chief Formatter, reviews and signs off on every project directly. Work isn't routed through a rotating pool of subcontractors.
Arabic, Urdu, and English — including right-to-left layout, Quranic tashkeel and Tajweed marking, and bilingual Arabic-English page systems.
No. Format Fix specializes in text-heavy typesetting and editorial formatting, not cover design or illustration-primary work — those are different disciplines handled by different specialists.
200+ books typeset for clients across 7+ countries, including institutional work for AAOIFI, Looh Press, and Imam Ghazali Publishing.
Both. Projects range from a single self-published title to multi-volume institutional reference series, with the same formatting standard applied regardless of scale.
Yes — manuscripts, personal documents, and institutional records are never shared with a third party, regardless of the content. See Contact for how to reach us directly.
There's a named, accountable formatter behind every project, a consistent process applied to each one, and confidentiality by default — not a rotating pool of anonymous freelancers with no verifiable standard from order to order.
Common questions are answered in the Arabic book formatting FAQ.
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