Gurumaa Hindi Unicode Font (GPL)
Source (link to git-repo or to original if based on someone elses unmodified work): Add the source-code for this project on git.opendesktop.org
Gurumaa Font is a 'Sans' font for Hindi/Devanagari text just like Liberation Sans is for English/Latin text.
Please use infinality patch and Slight RGB hinting with in Linux.
This font is designed and meant for Linux.
license:
gpl3 + font exception, free to modify and redistribute.
6 years ago
v. 2.04: added rupee sign
v. 2.03: not released
v. 2.02 : made consistent with my other font Nithyananda and unicode 6.0 compliant and improved.
v. 1.50-2: reverted back to 1.50 as 1.60 not appearing nice.
v. 1.60: added bold font for KDE which still can't create bold fonts like gnome. normal font is darker compared to v.1.50.
v. 1.50: many issues with font rendering in windows.
v. 1.4: fixed Ascender top alignment for KWord 2.2.1. Now font woks in kword 2.2.1 without getting cut on the top. v.1.30 and v.1.4 are included in the download package.
v. 1.30-2: only gurumaa-1.30.ttf is provided. As bold, italics, are handled very nicely by KOffice 2.2.1 and MS Office.
v. 1.30-1: re-added bold, italics fonts, along with license file (gpl2), with font exception: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#FontException
v. 1.30: Fix hinting and now looks good on Windows XP and Linux alike.
Now Gurumaa Hindi font works in Windows.
v. 1.29: not released
v.1.28: fixed KOffice problem of below-base-forms displayed cut. fixed "devanagariSignHalantR' issue with Tra and Dra characters.
v.1.27: fix font size and added zviewgurumaa.ttf for Reading Hindi it is just Gurumaa bold font.
v.1.26: fix half-tra as in trayambakam
v1.25: fixed 'u' matra problem with k and ph in GM-Bold, etc.
v1.24: fix many issues, corrected below base anchors etc. many fixes.
v1.21: corrected many glyph combinations.
font works in KDE now as exected
matras are properly arranged on the glyphs
v1.1:
A total readjustment by making a new template.
Now font works in Windows too.
All glyphs have been adjusted.
Gurumaa.ttf = normal
Gurumaa-b.ttf = Bold,
Gurumaa-bi.ttf = Bold-Italic,
Gurumaa-i.ttf = Italic
v1.0: initial release.
6 years ago
v. 2.04: added rupee sign
v. 2.03: not released
v. 2.02 : made consistent with my other font Nithyananda and unicode 6.0 compliant and improved.
v. 1.50-2: reverted back to 1.50 as 1.60 not appearing nice.
v. 1.60: added bold font for KDE which still can't create bold fonts like gnome. normal font is darker compared to v.1.50.
v. 1.50: many issues with font rendering in windows.
v. 1.4: fixed Ascender top alignment for KWord 2.2.1. Now font woks in kword 2.2.1 without getting cut on the top. v.1.30 and v.1.4 are included in the download package.
v. 1.30-2: only gurumaa-1.30.ttf is provided. As bold, italics, are handled very nicely by KOffice 2.2.1 and MS Office.
v. 1.30-1: re-added bold, italics fonts, along with license file (gpl2), with font exception: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#FontException
v. 1.30: Fix hinting and now looks good on Windows XP and Linux alike.
Now Gurumaa Hindi font works in Windows.
v. 1.29: not released
v.1.28: fixed KOffice problem of below-base-forms displayed cut. fixed "devanagariSignHalantR' issue with Tra and Dra characters.
v.1.27: fix font size and added zviewgurumaa.ttf for Reading Hindi it is just Gurumaa bold font.
v.1.26: fix half-tra as in trayambakam
v1.25: fixed 'u' matra problem with k and ph in GM-Bold, etc.
v1.24: fix many issues, corrected below base anchors etc. many fixes.
v1.21: corrected many glyph combinations.
font works in KDE now as exected
matras are properly arranged on the glyphs
v1.1:
A total readjustment by making a new template.
Now font works in Windows too.
All glyphs have been adjusted.
Gurumaa.ttf = normal
Gurumaa-b.ttf = Bold,
Gurumaa-bi.ttf = Bold-Italic,
Gurumaa-i.ttf = Italic
v1.0: initial release.
8Ypsilon
May 29 2012
raghavendra37
8 years ago
I just now downloaded the gurumaa fonts v. 1.30-1. In the change log it says that this font fall under the GPL category with font exception. But the license file in the zip file does not mention anything about the font exception. It is plain GPL V 2.
Can anyone please confirm if the gurumaa v. 1.30-1 comes with GPL and font exception ?
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raghavendra37
8 years ago
I just now downloaded the gurumaa fonts v. 1.30-1. In the change log it says that this font fall under the GPL category with font exception. But the license file in the zip file does not mention anything about the font exception. It is plain GPL V 2.
Can anyone please confirm if the gurumaa v. 1.30-1 comes with GPL and font exception and accordingly update the license file ?
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bookandhost
12 years ago
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bookandhost
12 years ago
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xplusaks
13 years ago
rather, it is very good,
It will be better .....
so keep it up.
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adityavpratap
13 years ago
Excellent font. Only one suggestion. The word 'trayambakam' occurs in the Mrityunjaya mantra and not in Gayatri mantra.
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Lu-Tze
13 years ago
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maarizwan
13 years ago
2. typing text in KWord 1.3.x or 1.4.x
3. testing hi.wikipedia.org with konqueror.
The font is perfect here in slackware where I have "BYTECODE_COMPILER" enabled in freetype-2.1.7 and freetype-2.1.10.
You can see that exactly in the screenshot.
Please try compiling freetype with bytecode interpreter enabled. check freetype documentation. just remove /* and */ before and after "#define BYTE_CODE_INTERPRETER" in freetype-2.1.7/include/options/ftoptions.h
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oshogg
13 years ago
I am using freetype 2.1.7 to render this. Any idea what could be wrong?
thanks,
Osho
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oshogg
13 years ago
I am using freetype 2.1.7 to render this. Any idea what could be wrong?
thanks,
Osho
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biophysics
13 years ago
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netsach
13 years ago
Drag and drop the TTF files into this tab. restart session.
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oshogg
14 years ago
Osho
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manikchand
14 years ago
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