[INDOLOGY] Correction and updates of Nirnay Sagar Fonts

Tue Dec 4 04:34:41 UTC 2018

Dear Krishnaprasad,

     One more thing I want to mention is that ideally the curve of short
"i" over a consonant (ि) should touch the vertical center line of a
character like कि.  With the increasing length of consonant clusters,
ideally one needs a variable length for the curve of ि.  Some computer
fonts are able to do this, and others are not.  The end of the curve of ि
not touching the vertical line of the final consonant of a cluster does not
look that great, though even many printed editions fall short in this
respect.

Madhav M. Deshpande
Professor Emeritus
Sanskrit and Linguistics
University of Michigan
[Residence: Campbell, California]

On Mon, Dec 3, 2018 at 5:59 PM Krishnaprasad G via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> [image: IMG-20181201-WA0013.jpg]
> 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]
>>>
>>> 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:
>>>>
>>>>> [image: IMG-20181202-WA0000.jpg]
>>>>>
>>>>> [image: IMG-20181201-WA0015.jpg]
>>>>>
>>>>> [image: IMG-20181201-WA0012.jpg]
>>>>>
>>>>> [image: IMG-20181203-WA0021.jpg]
>>>>> [image: IMG-20181203-WA0022.jpg]
>>>>>
>>>>> [image: IMG-20181203-WA0023.jpg]
>>>>>
>>>>> [image: IMG-20181203-WA0024.jpg]
>>>>>
>>>>> [image: IMG-20181203-WA0027.jpg]
>>>>>
>>>>> [image: IMG-20181203-WA0028.jpg]
>>>>>
>>>>> [image: IMG-20181203-WA0029.jpg]
>>>>>
>>>>> [image: IMG-20181203-WA0030.jpg]
>>>>>
>>>>> Dear all
>>>>> difficulty is selecting द cause the book has more than 5 designs
>>>>>
>>>>> Nirnaya Sagara fonts
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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