Design Case study
The History of Devanagari Typography
Promoting common awareness of the history of our oldest native script
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Design process that was followed in this project:
• Preface
- Prologue
- Abstract
- Design Objective
- Identification of the Problem, Requirement & Approach
• A Brief Introduction
- What is Devanagari?
- Overview/Time-line
• History of Devanagari Writing
- Evolution through Manuscripts
- Origin
- Visual Markers and Terminology
- Influence of Writing Material and Tools
• History of Devanagari Printing
- Beginnings of Devanagari Printing
- Attempts at Mechanization
- Typographic Evolution
- 17th century Printing
- Nirnaya Sagar Era
- Phototypesetting & Beyond
• Digitization of Devanagari
- Early Attempts
- Digitization in India
- ITR and C-DAC
- Fonts and Foundries
- Current-day Scenario
• Anatomy of Devanagari
• Scope of Work
- Stylistic Explorations
- Creation of Panels
• Bibliography
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