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Linotype Devanagari

Linotype® Devanagari

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Individual Styles from $103.99
Complete family of 5 fonts: $419.99
Linotype Devanagari Font Family was designed by Matthew Carter, Fiona Ross, Lisa Timpe, Georgie Surman, Gunnar Vilhjálmsson and published by Monotype. Linotype Devanagari contains 5 styles and family package options.

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About Linotype Devanagari Font Family


The new Linotype® Devanagari typeface is a traditional text face now available in five weights (from Light to Black) and suitable for a wide variety of print and digital uses. A compact design, Linotype Devanagari also provides economy of space where textual real estate is at a premium. In addition, its large character set enables the setting of Hindi, Marathi, Nepali and is suitable for Sanskrit passages. The design’s open counters ensure high levels of legibility at small sizes and at modest resolution. The history of Linotype Devanagari is quite extensive. Inspired by the late 19th and early 20th century Nirnaya Sagar designs, it was originally designed in 1977 by Mathew Carter for phototypesetting systems. It was then revised and expanded for digital typesetting by the Linotype letter-drawing studio headed by Georgie Surman under the art direction of Fiona Ross. This new, enhanced revival was designed by Lisa Timpi and Gunnar Vilhjálmsson with Fiona Ross as a consultant. This new Linotype Devanagari is part of a project to refresh the pivotal Linotype Bengali and Linotype Gujarati typefaces and make them available for the first time in the popular OpenType font format.

Designers: Matthew Carter, Fiona Ross, Lisa Timpe, Georgie Surman, Gunnar Vilhjálmsson

Publisher: Monotype

Foundry: Monotype

Design Owner: Linotype

MyFonts debut: null

Linotype® Devanagari is a trademark of Monotype GmbH registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and may be registered in certain other jurisdictions.

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