Typophile

Foreign Language Fonts

Ibrahim B

Hi !!!
Im in search of Asian Language (India), “Malayalam” font family consisting of atleast regular and bold.
i could even buy it if i find a family of the fonts.
If anybody could provide any links it would be great !!!
Thanx !!!

vincent_morley

Kartika, a Malayalam font that has been supplied with Windows for some time, now has a bold version in Windows 7.

Ibrahim B

im not using windows, im using mac.
is there any website where i can download or buy Malayalam Fonts of regular, medium and bold weight ?

Riccardo Sartori

You can try with FreeSerif:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_UCS_Outline_Fonts

nina

FWIW, Ascender also sells Kartika; but only one weight it seems.
I wonder if/when the Bold might be added.
http://www.ascenderfonts.com/font/kartika-malayalam.aspx

Tom Gewecke

Mac’s can’t use Windows fonts for complex scripts like Malayalam. There are only two sources:

http://www.xenotypetech.com/osxMalayalam.html

http://m10lmac.blogspot.com/2009/09/new-malayalam-font-for-os-x.html

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