[INDOLOGY] A question regarding typography

[Harry Spier]

Typography of Devanagari by B.S. Naik 1971 (a three volume set) may have
what you want.  I used to have a pdf of this, but I can't locate it.  If
anyone sends this to you, please also forward it to me.

Harry Spier


On Fri, May 10, 2024 at 1:38 PM Herman Tull via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

>
> Does anyone have any information on the history of typography used for
> Euro-American Sanskrit-devanagari texts from the late 19th and early 20th
> centuries? In some printed volumes  I notice a mix between using the
> "Calcutta" style and the "Bombay" style of letters. (For a highly readable
> article on the difference between the two, see:
> https://gazette.universalthirst.com/home/the-story-of-the-devanagari-letter)
> This is particularly noticeable in Lanman's *Reader* which has the
> "Calcutta" style for "a / ā"; "ṇa"; and "śa"; but the "Bombay" style for
> "la" and "kṣa."
>
> Any information would be appreciated.
>
> with regards,
>
> Herman
>
> *Herman Tull, PhD*
> *Princeton, NJ*
>
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