Concept of Primitives in Major Indian Scripts (North and South)


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Creator/Artist: Manisha P Lele

Category: Communication Design

Document: Special Project

Batch: 1987-1989

Source: India,   IDC IIT Bombay

Period:  1989-1998

Medium: Report pdf

Supervisor: Prof. R. K. Joshi


Detailed Description

The study of primitives in Indian scripts is not the study of the historical evolution of the letter forms nor of their primitive symbology but the study of the elements constituting the physical shape of the letter form, i.e., the curves, lines, and circle segments, and the manner in which they join so beautifully.

This project is a step towards generating 'a' system of the different Indian scripts rather than setting them as individual scripts. In the process of also tracing out similarities in a single script, the research will also broaden my understanding of the scripts under study with respect to their form and their joinery norms. forms with lines and curves. The sophistication of today's software allows the ability to change the size, angle, and placement of the skeleton's lines and curves, simplifying the evolution of the skeleton's lines and curves.