On-Screen Font in Telugu - National Institute of DesignOn-Screen Font in Telugu. 1. 1. 1. 1. Sri Muthyalu - On Screen Font in Telugu 1. 2. To explore the methods and processes involved

On-Screen Font in Telugu

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Sri Muthyalu - On Screen Font in Telugu

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To explore the methods and processes

involved in designing an onscreen font

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Aim:

To explore the methods and processes

involved in designing an onscreen font

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Evolution of Telugu Characters

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Brahmi Lipi

Northern Script Southern Script

Dravidian Languages

Central Group Southern Group Northern Group

GondiKondaKuiMandaParjiGadabaKolamiPengoNaikiKuvi

Telugu

TuluKannadaKodagu TodaKotaMalayalamTamil

BrahuiMaltoKudukh

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Brahmi Lipi


Dravidian Languages



Telugu


BrahuiMaltoKudukh

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Brahmi Lipi


Dravidian Languages



Telugu


BrahuiMaltoKudukh

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Brahmi Lipi


Dravidian Languages



Telugu


BrahuiMaltoKudukh

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Brahmi Lipi


Dravidian Languages



Telugu


BrahuiMaltoKudukh

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Ashoka Brahmi Inscription (3rd century BC)


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Inscription from the time of poet Erranna (14th century)


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Christian writings in Telugu (1747) One of the first instances of Christian Missionary writings in Telugu. It was published by Rev. Benjamin Schultze in Halle/Magdeburg (modern Germany).

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Text from William Philip Brown’s: Grammar of the Kent Language


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Onamaalu

The Telugu charecters are called ‘Onamaalu’

! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . !/ !0

Hallulu/ Vowels:

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Onamaalu

Acchulu/ Consonants

! " # $ %& ' ( ) *+ , - . /0 1 2 3 45 6 7 8 9: ; < = >? @ A B C D

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Features of Telugu Letter forms

The script is round in shape

The vertical widths are quite different (vowel to vowel,

consonant to consonant, conjunct to conjunct) .

This leads to affect the horizontal continuity.

™êÇ!Ï`«ºÇ"##(‘Saahityamu’)

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Identifying the characters at smaller point sizes

(‘Va’) (‘Pa’) (‘Na’) (‘Sa’)

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Vertical as well as horizontal distribution of vowel

and consonant signs.


(‘Maxism’)

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Single vowel matra is represented in different ways

depending on the consonant.


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Single vowel matra is represented in different ways

depending on the consonant.


(‘Stri’) (‘Prapancham’)

(‘Sri’)(‘Rashtram’)

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Matras won’t sit in one particular place for every

character but differ from one character to another.


(‘Ki’) (‘Ti’) (‘Khi’)

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Matras won’t sit in one particular place for every

character but differ from one character to another.


(‘Ki’) (‘Ti’) (‘Khi’)

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Character Details

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Character Details

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Character Details

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Character Details

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Character Details

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Character Details

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Top matra

Base Character

Lower Matra

Side Matra

Character Details

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Screen Technologies

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Screen Technologies

CRT ( Cathode Ray Tube)

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Screen Technologies

CRT ( Cathode Ray Tube) LCD ( Liquid Crystal Display)

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Screen Technologies

Sub Pixel Rendering

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Anti-aliasing is a method of drawing text or pictures

which smooth edges, and avoids jagged edges (jaggies)

Anti-aliasing/ Gray Scaling

Overlaying a glyph

on a pixel grid

A Glyph rasterized

NOT anti-aliased

A Glyph rasterized

Anti-aliased

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Design Considerations

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Rectangular Grid

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Rectangular Grid

Big Open Counters OHandgloves

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Rectangular Grid

Big Open Counters

Mono-thickness OHandgloves

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Rectangular Grid

Big Open Counters

Mono-thickness

Spacing

OHandgloves

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Grid Analysis

PO’Q!º~ã¨ÃÇ¡Â

Anupama

Horizontal stroke: x

Max. stroke thickness: 2.6x

Top matra: 8x

Bottam Matra: 12.4x

Side Matra: 23x

Total Height: 36.5x

No. of Glyphs: 227

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Grid Analysis

Brahma:


Vertical stroke: 2.1x

Top matra: 3.75x

Bottom Matra: 7.15x

Side Matra: 10.1x

Total Height: 16.8x

No. of Glyphs: 256 PO’Q!º~ã¨ÃÇ¡Â

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Grid Analysis

Gautami:


Max. stroke width: 1.25x

Top matra: 4.65x

Bottom Matra: 5x

Side Matra: 11.9x

Total Height: 16.65x

No. of Glyphs: 613

!"#$%&!"#$%

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Ground Work

Traced Univers typeface to comprehend

how letters are optically balanced.

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Initial Explorations

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Final Grid

Top Matra

Base Character

Bottom Matra

7.5x

10.5x

8.5x

Base character : 428 UPM units

Top matra : 268 UPM units

Bottom matra : 304 UPM units

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Form Transformation

Form Transformation

(1)

Form Transformation

(1) (2)

Form Transformation

(1) (2)

(3)

Form Transformation

(1) (2)

(3) (4)

Appropriate Form

Proposed Existing

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Final set of Characters

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Hallulu/ Vowels:

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Hallulu/ Vowels:

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Acchulu/ Consonants:

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Acchulu/ Consonants:

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Features

Sri Muthyalu Eenadu Gautami

Pothana

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Proposed Existing

Sri Muthyalu Eenadu Gautami

Pothana

Features

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Proposed Existing

Eenadu Gautami

Pothana

Features

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Sri Muthyalu

Proposed Existing

Hinting

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On Screen Simulation

Sri Muthyalu Gautami

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User Testing

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User Testing

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Conclusion

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The typeface must be contemporary and fit for the

modern typographic environment.

An attempt has been made to come up with a

comprehensive font design.

The font needs to better hinted, in order to make it look

better on the computer monitor.

Conclusion

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Thank You!

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Thank You!

Guide: Prof.G.V.Sreekumar

Udaya Kumar

Girish Dalvi

Bijuneyyan

Nirmal Biswas

Prof. Ravi Pooviah

Dr. Ajanta Sen

& 2 all da ppl wrkng 4 Indian Type Design... :-)

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Thank You!


Udaya Kumar

Girish Dalvi

Bijuneyyan

Nirmal Biswas

Prof. Ravi Pooviah

Dr. Ajanta Sen


References:Books:

[1] Biswas Nirmal, (2006) Design of Oriya font for onscreen reading, IDC, IIT Bombay.

[2] BijuneYYan, (2008) Malayalam Font for onscreen reading, IDC, IIT Bombay.

[3] Vikas Saligram, Design of Telugu font for laser printer, IDC, IIT Bombay.

[4] Dr. D.N.Shastry (1998) ‘Telugu Sahitya Charitra’ Pragathi Publishers, L.B.Nagar,

Hyderabad. Andhra Pradesh.

[5] Dr. Velaga Venkatappiah (2008) ‘Telugu vaari Mega Pedda bala Siksha’ Annapurna

Publishers, Tenali.

[6] Dr. P.V.Parabrahma Shastry , Dr.N.S.Ramachandra Murthy (2009) ‘Telugu Script- Origin

and Evolution’ Andhra Pradesh Oriental Manuscripts Library & Research Institute,


Internet References: [Accessed February 2009}

http://www.teluguworld.org/Telugu/telugu_history.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telugu_language

http://telugustreet.blogspot.com/search/label/Telugu%20Language

http://asi.nic.in/asi_epigraphical_sans_andhra.asp

http://www.engr.mun.ca/~adluri/telugu/language/script/script1d.html

http://www.unicode.org/charts/

http://www.grc.com/ctwhat.html

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Thank You!


Udaya Kumar

Girish Dalvi

Bijuneyyan

Nirmal Biswas

Prof. Ravi Pooviah

Dr. Ajanta Sen


References:Books:

[1] Biswas Nirmal, (2006) Design of Oriya font for onscreen reading, IDC, IIT Bombay.

[2] BijuneYYan, (2008) Malayalam Font for onscreen reading, IDC, IIT Bombay.

[3] Vikas Saligram, Design of Telugu font for laser printer, IDC, IIT Bombay.

[4] Dr. D.N.Shastry (1998) ‘Telugu Sahitya Charitra’ Pragathi Publishers, L.B.Nagar,


[5] Dr. Velaga Venkatappiah (2008) ‘Telugu vaari Mega Pedda bala Siksha’ Annapurna

Publishers, Tenali.

[6] Dr. P.V.Parabrahma Shastry , Dr.N.S.Ramachandra Murthy (2009) ‘Telugu Script- Origin

and Evolution’ Andhra Pradesh Oriental Manuscripts Library & Research Institute,


Internet References: [Accessed February 2009}








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