List of Bengali Fonts |
List of Bengali Fonts |
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AUTHOR: C-DAC, Center for Development of Advanced Computing, Pune,
India. LANGUAGE: Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Sinhala, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, etc. CONTACT: Mohan Tambe (tambe@parcom.ernet.in), CDAC, Pune University Campus, Ganeshkhind, Pune, India 411 007. Phone 212-33-2461, 33-2483, 33-2479. Fax 212-33-7551. PRICE: All the available fonts in any single script, Rs. 12,000. Any two languages, Rs. 24,000. All Indian scripts, Rs. 38,000. OPERATING SYSTEM: SCO-XENIX, or any IBM PC compatible running a Unix variant. COMMENT: A strikingly fine set of TrueType fonts for all the Indian languages. (This is the same group responsible for the GIST card, a board for creating a multilingual machine from several different types of computers.) Characters are encoded using the Government of India standard, ISCII. INFORMATION: James Nye (jnye@midway.uchicago.edu), 312-702-8430 |
AUTHOR: Chopde, Avinash (avinash@acm.org) LANGUAGE: ILKEYB: Fonts + Indian Language Keyboard program for all Indian Language Scripts. OPERATING SYSTEM: DOS, Windows 95 COMMENT: Commercial package for Windows 3.1 and Windows 95 - More details at: http://www.paranoia.com/~avinash/ilkeyb.html |
AUTHOR: Ecological Linguistics (ecoling@applelink.apple.com), PO Box 15156, Washington DC 20003. Phone 202-547-7678. LANGUAGE: Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Punjabi, Sinhalese, Tamil, Telugu, Tibetan, etc.; also Kharoshti, Brahmi, Harappan symbols PRICE: $70 per font OPERATING SYSTEM: Mostly Mac, TrueType for Windows also available. COMMENT: "We specialize in complex alphabets and, for Macintosh, super-efficient software-selectable keyboards" (--Author). Slogan: "Offering All Alphabets of the World." |
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AUTHOR: Inaam Alvi Computers.
LANGUAGE: Bengali, Gujarati, |
AUTHOR: InPros (Intellectual Property Solutions) (info@inpros.com), Box 57-2141, Houston, TX 77257-2141; phone 713-465-2967 (fax, voice mail, and fax-on-demand). LANGUAGE: Hindi: "SheelRekha," "RoopLekha," "Kamal," etc.; Gujarati: "Shefali," "Nita," "Anarkali," "Agni," etc.; Bengali: "Jayanti," "BornaMala," etc.; Punjabi: "Pushpa," "Suman," "Badal," "Arup"; Sanskrit: "Sansipro"; Transliteration: "Diplomat," "MonoPali" PRICE: $20+ for a set of three basic fonts. OPERATING SYSTEM: Mac or MS-Windows. COMMENT: Fonts are said to be high-quality and inexpensive. Unencoded sample available by contacting (info@inpros.com). Other languages and fonts are continuously being added. "It is our intention to create a data base of files that can be printed in Hindi and other languages" (--Authors). | AUTHOR: Linotype-Hell, Bath Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England GL53 7LR. Phone 024-222-2333. LANGUAGE: Bengali, Gujarati, Malayalam, Tamil PRICE: substantial OPERATING SYSTEM: Mac, MS-DOS, etc. |
| AUTHOR: Monotype Typography Ltd., Perrywood Business Park, Salfords, Redhill, Surrey RH1 5JP, England. Phone 44-0737-76-5959. Fax 0737-76-9243, 0737-76-0942. Contact: Ian Bezer or Julie Collier-Smith. LANGUAGE: Bengali, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Oriya, Pushto, Sinhala, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu OPERATING SYSTEM: "Monotype seems to have packages which provide the required font together with Mac or MS Windows keyboard drivers, etc. I was quoted 238 pounds for a Devanagari font with keyboard driver for Windows. You can also buy larger collections of characters, spread over several fonts, which have a greater variety of special sorts (pre-made conjuncts, etc.), but then you have to sort out the composition issues yourself. Prices still reasonable." (--Dominik Wujastyk) COMMENT: "These fonts are *really* good. This is what has been used for major publishing (including newspapers) all over Asia since the twenties." (--Dominik Wujastyk) | AUTHOR: Rahman, Anisur, 722 N. 13th Street #505, Milwaukee, WI 53233. Phone 414-223-3152. LANGUAGE: Bengali PRICE: $0, copyrighted ACCESS: use archie, sgaon.zip Sonar Gaon OPERATING SYSTEM: Windows 3.0 | AUTHOR: De, Dr. Prasun K. LANGUAGES: Sanskrit: "Devnagari"; Bengali : "Bangalekhon"; Transliteration : "Vedalipi". PRICE: $100 per font; $65 for students working with South Asian languages (further need-based concession possible) - proceeds are donated to non-profit spiritual organizations. OPERATING SYSTEM: Macintosh, Windows 3.1 and above COMMENT: These are TrueType and Postscript scalable laser fonts that work with any Macintosh or Windows application in all available styles and are very pleasing (artistic) in printed form. Keyboard is mapped using a scheme that makes for ease and facility of operation and learning. INFORMATION: For further information, contact Debashish Banerji at (818)362-6313 or (hal_computer@earthlink.net) |