[INDOLOGY] Fonts

[Kenneth Gregory Zysk]

Many thanks to Dom and Philipp. I shall give one of them a try.
Best,
Ken

From: INDOLOGY <indology-bounces at list.indology.info> On Behalf Of Philipp Maas via INDOLOGY
Sent: 05 August 2026 18:28
To: Indology <indology at list.indology.info>
Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] Fonts

Depending on the word processor you use, kerning (the automated changing of the space between two specific letters) is problematic in Gandhari Unicode. This applies specifically to the Classical Text Editor (CTE). I thus recommend switching to "Times New Roman" or one of the alternatives that Dominik mentioned.

Best,

Philipp

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PD Dr. Philipp A. Maas
Institute of Indology and Central Asian Studies
University of Leipzig
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On Wed, 5 Aug 2026 at 17:40, Dominik Wujastyk via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info<mailto:indology at list.indology.info>> wrote:
There are lots of great, richly-populated Unicode fonts around nowadays, and one is spoiled for choice.  I like Libertinus<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertinus> Sans and Serif (whose characters are width-for-with identical with Times New Roman) for workaday applications, and TeX Gyre Pagella (and the whole Gyre family) for a bit more sophistication.  Pagella is used for the HSSA journal<http://hssa-journal.org/>.  But I think a special shout-out is deserved for Junicode<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junicode>, which is actively maintained and goes from strength to strength.  It's squarely aimed at medievalists, but it handles almost all our needs too, and looks great.  I like the historical sensitivity that's gone into its design.  Gandhari is good too, of course.

Best,
Dominik



Dominik Wujastyk
INDOLOGY list<http://indology.info/> committee member


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