Modak
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Modak-Regular.ttf
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Basic font information
Copyright notice
Copyright (c) 2014, Ek Type. All rights reserved.
Font family
Modak
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
1.036;EKTF;Modak
Full font name
Modak
Name table version
Version 1.036;PS Version 1.000;hotconv 1.0.79;makeotf.lib2.5.61930; ttfautohint (v1.2.42-39fb)
Postscript font name
Modak
Manufacturer name
Ek Type
Designer
Description
Modak is a Free and Open Source, Heavy-Chubby Devanagari-Latin display typeface. The design started off as one of our heavy hand sketched letterform explorations ... The characters were cute/round and not bulky/rigid. The consonants and Matras were overlapping, instead of them being successive characters. Conjuncts were drawn as fused forms in which the two separate characters would merge into each other. The challenge was to maintain legibility and consistency in the thin white counter spaces across all characters irrespective of their structural complexity. In an attempt to translate this into a functional font, we designed additional Matras that would match exactly with every character, leaving a thin counter space in between. Custom Ukars were designed according to each character. The resulting typeface is one of its kind and probably the chubbiest Devanagari typeface to be designed so far. Modak Devanagari was designed by Sarang Kulkarni and Maithili Shingre and Modak Latin by Noopur Datye with support from Girish Dalvi and Pradnya Naik. We would like to thank Santosh Kshirsagar, Shubhanand Jog, Vinay Saynekar and Yashodeep Gholap for their suggestions and feedback during the font design process. We would also like to thank faculty and friends from the Industrial Design Centre, IIT Bombay and from Sir J J Institute of Applied Art for their support and encouragement. This project is led by [Ek Type]( http://ektype.in/), a collective of type designers based in Mumbai focused on designing contemporary Indian typefaces.
Extended font information
Platforms supported
PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 2.0 and onwards semantics, Unicode BMP only.
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only
Unicode full repertoire
Font details
Created2015-02-13
Revision1
Glyph count460
Units per Em2048
Embedding rightsEmbedding for permanent installation
Family classNo classification
WeightExtra-bold
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureRegular