Marathi Unicode Fonts

Parent Category: English

UTF-8 encoding has decided the byte coding system to represent font glyphs for different languages. However, the actual font shapes ( Glyphs) can vary.

There are many proprietary fonts available like Shree-Lipi, Kruti Dev, APS for printing Marathi characters in various styles useful for printing. There are dynamic web fonts available, which are downloaded when we see the page with that font style.

In order to see any font, it must be installed on the computer or viewing device. For webpage, the browser should support Unicode font rendering.

Windows OS platform

Mangal is a Windows font and is available in Windows XP onwards

Arial Unicode MS is typically available as part of MS Office.

Aprajita is a Windows font and is available in Windows 7 onwards

Free download Shivaji font, Kiran font, Kruti Dev font, Saras, Lekhani, Liza, Lok, Maya, Nutan, Priya, Sharda, Richa etc
http://marathi.indiatyping.com/

www.lipikar.com site gives free download facility for downloading Devanagari Unicode fonts like Chandas, Gargi, Kalimati, Lohit Devanagari, Nakula, Samanata, Sarai, and Samyak Devanagari.

You can download Devanagari Free fonts from internet by visiting following link.
http://www.lipikaar.com/support/download-unicode-fonts-for-hindi-marathi-sanskrit-nepali

Nakula and Sahadeva are “twin” Devanagari fonts, which have been developed by IMRC, India, for the University of Cambridge.

Both fonts are TrueType/OpenType, and are Unicode compliant. Both contain all the conjuncts and other ligatures (including Vedic accents). Nakula follows the Bombay style of Devanagari, with rounded glyphs and little thin/thick variation. Sahadeva is in the Calcutta style, with more angular glyphs and greater contrast between thin and thick strokes. The actual shapes of some of the glyphs (e.g. initial “a”, retroflex “n”) also differ according to the style of the font.

The fonts work well under Windows XP, provided that Service Pack 2 has been installed and “complex scripts” enabled.

Shree-Lipi Dev Ratna package contains 1037 Modular, 296 ITR Devnagari Fonts, and additional 4400 Dev Bahar fonts.
http://www.modular-infotech.com/html/shreelipi.html

Mac OS Platform

On Mac OS you can enable Devanagari fonts using the System Preferences | International | Language | Edit List option. Certain locale settings can be changed using the Formats tab.

For typing Hindi on a Mac, you can choose the keyboard layout using the the two options available by default are Inscript and phonetic. Once you choose one of them, the icon for the input method would be displayed on the top right corner - in the dashboard.

To switch between Devanagari and other scripts, you may use the input switcher on your Mac using a mouse or you can set a keyboard shortcut, which by default is [Apple] + [Space]

Input devices

There are many language input devices for writing in Marathi with different Keyboard layouts.

gamabhana is free and easy to use phonetic content writing utility that enable writing in Indic scripts with a unicode support
http://www.gamabhana.com/

Google Input Tools makes it easy to type in the language you choose, anywhere on the web. Available input tools include transliteration, IME, and on-screen keyboards. Google Input Tools for Windows is currently available for 22 different languages. Visit following link
https://www.google.com/inputtools/

Baraha was a freeware input tool for Indian languages from 1998 to 2010 for personal and commercial use. Starting from version 10.0, Baraha has become a paid software with new features and Unicode fonts.
www.baraha.com