[INDOLOGY] Correction and updates of Nirnay Sagar Fonts

[Krishnaprasad G]

I am planning to design both styles, with and without gaps.

Thanks and Regards
Krishna Prasad


On Thu, Dec 27, 2018 at 8:52 AM Krishnaprasad G <krishnaprasadah.g at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thanks, everyone for supporting me giving feedbacks.
>
> You can download from here.
> https://yadi.sk/d/rDIogm1J3WjKp4
>
> On Thu, Dec 27, 2018 at 8:43 AM Harry Spier <hspier.muktabodha at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Dominink Wujastyk wrote:
>>
>>>  modern font technology can help.  OpenType includes some "alternates"
>>> or "contextual alternates" features that allow the user (or auto-select) to
>>> select from multiple versions of a glyph.  But I'm sure you know this.  And
>>> it's only certain advanced text-setting programs like TeX that allow one to
>>> access such features easily (e.g., through fontspec
>>> <https://ctan.org/pkg/fontspec?lang=en>, manual part IV).
>>>
>>
>> I use the FontCreator program from Hi-Logic which allows you to create
>> open type "contextual features".  I've used this feature. I use the
>> professional product which retails for $199.00 but their website says that
>> the Home edition for $79.00 also has this feature (but the home edition
>> cannot be used for commercial purposes).  The program only works on windows.
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Such questions make me wish to consult Naik's classic work *Typography
>>> of Devanagari <http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/6241715>* (3 vols, 1971
>>> rev. ed.), but I've never had access to a copy of this rare publication.
>>>
>>
>> I have this book. (Unfortunately its in storage in New York). Its been 20
>> years since I looked at it but I recall it was absolutely fascinating.  As
>> I recall  one volume gives examples of devanagari printing from the
>> earliest printed editions up till fairly modern times (when it was
>> published), another volume  describes the authors ideas for a devanagari
>> typewriter and the third volume focuses on some esoteric ideas of the
>> author.  I can't recall the details.
>>
>> Harry Spier
>>
>>
>>>


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