PAST MODERN: WHERE INDIA'S TYPOGRAPHY HAS BEEN AND WHERE IT'S HEADED.

Autor: Rizwan, Mohamed
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Zdroj: Typo; Autumn2012, Vol. 49, p16-19, 4p
Abstrakt: The article offers information on the history of India's typography. According to Peter Bilak, who started the foundry to create dedicated Indian scripts, some of the most popular and well-crafted Indic typefaces were first developed in late 1930s by non-Indic companies. It adds that the country's typographic landscape is complex because the country has 12 official scripts which spin off into more than 400 spoken language.
Databáze: Complementary Index