Tiny Telugu and Tamil Type

Hi, all! I've recently uploaded some quick snapshots from bibles found at the Minneapolis Public Library. Both included some of the smallest Indic type I've seen so far, as well as some interesting biblical maps with hand-lettering! Here is the Telugu set, and here the Tamil set. Not sure if this is of any interest to anyone, but I thought I'd share! You also get to see my fingernails! What fun!

I've also posted some Bengali script diagrams in a similar style as the Gurmukhi one posted earlier!

Cool cover illustration from Hindi-Telugu dictionary

I just thought this was particularly nifty. From Sri Kappa Ganthula Satyanarayana's Hindi-Telugu dictionary, hosted at Archive.org.

More scripture images

Sorry again folks, I'm going through a rough time right now and haven't been able to put any time into this endeavor. Hopefully things will change soon, though. In the meantime, here are some more images from that scripture site. This time, Panjabi, Oriya, Telugu, and Urdu.

2,700 Indian fonts - wow!

Wowzers, another great Indian type catalog, from Modular Infotech - that claims to be the largest one available - and can be downloaded via .pdf specimens. A great resource to begin comparing and contrasting letterforms and to see what's available in the world of fonts. Some Hindi display fonts are seen above.

Also, check out this previous post for more type.

Hail Mary Handwriting

Love 'em or hate 'em, Christian missionaries and scholars have left us with a wealth of language documentation. This archive contains hundreds of language samples - and to my delight - most are handwritten!! I'd love to get my hands on as much everyday, handwritten bits as possible - if anyone could point me towards more, I'd be eternally grateful.

languages!

Marathi | Gujarati
Kannada | Tamil
Telugu | Malayam
Urdu | Bengali

from peta-india posters

jackpot!!!!!

YESSSSS
check it out!!!!!
TONS of the fonts I've seen on the book covers.
FINALLY I've found a significant collection of fonties!!!!
http://www.cdac.in/html/gist/down/typeface.asp

das rupaye

the many languages printed on Indian currency

Writing systems map

From UPenn