[INDOLOGY] Correction and updates of Nirnay Sagar Fonts

Tue Dec 4 01:58:18 UTC 2018

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Dear Dominik Wujastyk

Initially, the design had gaps between the letters, check here attachment,
but I am getting suggestions to retain it now. So I will work on it.
The comment about verticle stroke is very helpful thanks.

On Mon, Dec 3, 2018 at 11:41 PM Dominik Wujastyk <wujastyk at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Krishnaprasad,
>
> I am really interested in your font work.  I have two main comments, that
> I hope will be welcome.
>
> First, one of the major features of the NS font is the small space in the
> mātrā line between akṣaras.  In your font, you have made a continuous
> head-line.  I think the small spaces, which emulate the usage of many
> manuscript scribes, is a major aid to legibility.  I also consider it
> aesthetically pleasing.
>
> My friend Alessandro Graheli has also made a Devanagari font recently.  He
> used it in his 2015 book on Jayanta, but he does not yet consider it ready
> for public release.  I attach a sample from the book.   Alessandro thought
> a lot about design, and with sophistication.  He decided that a main
> feature of his font would be the small mātrā-spaces between akṣaras, and
> you will see the result in the attached page.  I think it works really
> well.  If one isn't alerted to the fact, one hardly notices it; yet it aids
> smooth reading.
>
> The second comment I wish to make concerns the shaping of vertical strokes
> in your font.  In the original NS font samples, the vertical strokes do not
> have parallel sides.  They swell slightly from top to bottom.  This is like
> an extended serif.  Again, I think it adds a unique flavour of the NS
> fonts, and again aids legibility, visually balancing the complexity of the
> upper parts of the Devanagari letters with a little weight at the bottom
> parts.   See the attached scans of your samples, with my comments.
>
> Thank you again for your work!  This is going to be great, when you are
> finished.
>
> Best,
> Dominik
>
> --
> Professor Dominik Wujastyk <http://ualberta.academia.edu/DominikWujastyk>
> ,
>
> Singhmar Chair in Classical Indian Society and Polity
> ,
>
> Department of History and Classics
> <http://historyandclassics.ualberta.ca/>
> ,
> University of Alberta, Canada
> .
>
> South Asia at the U of A:
>
> sas.ualberta.ca
>
>
>
> On Mon, 3 Dec 2018 at 10:07, Krishnaprasad G via INDOLOGY <
> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>
>> [image: IMG-20181203-WA0020.jpg]
>> OLD
>> [image: IMG-20181201-WA0015.jpg]
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>> On Mon, Dec 3, 2018 at 10:32 PM Krishnaprasad G <
>> krishnaprasadah.g at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> First 3 images are wrong. Please ignore
>>>
>>> On Mon, Dec 3, 2018 at 10:31 PM Krishnaprasad G <
>>> krishnaprasadah.g at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>> Dear all
>>>> difficulty is selecting द cause the book has more than 5 designs
>>>>
>>>> Nirnaya Sagara fonts
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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