Design Case study
Compact Devanagari Font for Space-Constrained Applications
Developing an open source Devanagari font for packaging design applications
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Case Study - Slide Show
Design process that was followed in this project:
• Introduction
- Packaging and Regional Languages
- Aim
- Learning Objectives
• Why make Devanagari font for smaller size printing
- Current scenario of packaging design and printing
• Brief history of Devanagari Script
• Anatomy of Devanagari
• Analysing fonts designed for constraint spaces
- Latin
- Devanagari
• Understanding Legibility
- Factors/properties affecting legibility in smaller size
- Desirable qualities for a body copy font at smaller size
• Designing the font
- Understanding the vertical spacing
- Stroke to Height Ratio
- Finalising the vertical spacing
- Developing a Skeleton
- CharacterDifficult to identify at 8pts or lower
- Counter Spaces
- Loops and Knots
- Ink traps
- Ratio between Shirorekha and Kana
- Explorations
- Joinries
- Corrections
- Final Forms
• Naming Font
• Comparing Fonts
• Font Testing
- Composed words
- Compared Average Words per Minute
• Conclusion
• Resources
• Glyphs
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