It is an informal display typeface in 'Kannada and Latin script', which is ideal for large sized headlines, banners and titles. Developed by Manjunatha R, an independent type designer and a conceptual photographer from T Narasipura in Mysuru district, the font has letters that resemble the characteristics of an elephant, with sharp edges and irregular thickness. (To download the font for free, visit: bandipura)īENGALURU: Trumpet it out, Kannada gets a new font, Bandipura, inspired by the elephant. He chose Bandipura as the name for the font as the Bandipur reserve forest is known for its elephants.

It supports all devices, and it can also be on mobile phones after installing software. The font is not available on Google yet, but it is uploaded on his website, from where anyone can download it for free. He said that sketching the font was not difficult but developing and programming was, because it was his maiden project. I have also used Halegannada (old Kannada) in some of the letters,' he said. It supports 125 languages, including Latin and Swahili. Manjunatha, who has a passion to create his own font library, said, 'As Bandipura is in Unicode, all letters are available. He worked for nearly one-and-a-half years on the font and released it on Sankranti day.

If you observe the Bandipura font, each letter has uneven, sharp curves like that of an elephant’s trunk, tusks, small eyes etc,' he said. Immediately, the elephant came to my mind. But I thought I should make my own font that looked different and big. 'Being a graphic designer, I have customised existing fonts to make logos, headlines and others.

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