Ashok Kumar and CVR made key contributions to the font development.įig. The OpenType feature development, integration and technical infrastructure is worked on by me, Rajeesh. The fine tuned typeface need OpenType shaping to correctly shape and render advanced conjunct character formations in Malayalam. The hand-drawn characters are turned to vector graphics which are then transformed to font shapes and this typography is done by Hussain KH who lead the Rachana Aksharavedi movement and designed popular fonts such as Rachana, Meera, Meera Inimai etc. The glyphs are drawn by famed calligrapher Narayana Bhattathiri. To celebrate the birth of Kerala on November 1st, the southernmost state in India with around 35 million people speaking its language Malayalam Rachana Institute of Typography is announcing the release of ‘ Ezhuthu/എഴുത്ത്’ - a handwriting/script style Unicode font with traditional orthography.
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