Modak是一种甜美饱满的德文-拉丁字体显示字体,具有饱满纤细的曲线。它符合Unicode,并且是在SIL Open Font License 1.1下开源的。
它最初是在Devanagari中进行的一次沉重的手绘字母形式探索,可爱的人物的曲线融合在一起,形成了独特的反形状。当我们将它们翻译成一种功能性字体时,每个字符都经过了微调,并设计了多个matra来与每个字符精确匹配。与传统方法不同的是,Modak的后基matras与辅音重叠。同样,重叠的ukar也被设计为在两者之间留下薄计数器。每个连词都被重新绘制为一个单独的实体,而不是仅仅由两个单独的字形组成。挑战是在所有字符的小空格中保持易读性和一致性,无论其结构复杂程度如何。由此产生的字体是同类字体中的一种,很可能是迄今为止设计的最胖的Devanagari字体。
Modak is a sweet plump Devanagari+Latin display typeface with portly curves and thin counters. It is Unicode compliant and is open sourced under the SIL Open Font License v1.1.
It began as a heavy hand-sketched letterform exploration in Devanagari with cute, adorable characters whose curves merged into each other, forming distinct counter shapes. As we translated these into a functional font, each character was fine-tuned and multiple matras designed to match precisely with every character. Unlike the conventional approach the post-base matras in Modak overlap the consonants. Likewise overlapping ukars were also designed leaving thin counters in between. Rather than being a mere composite of 2 separate glyphs, every conjunct was redrawn as a single entity. The challenge was to maintain legibility and consistency in the thin counter spaces across all characters, irrespective of their structural complexity. The resulting typeface is one of its kind and most likely the chubbiest Devanagari typeface to be designed so far.
本字体以SIL Open Font License 1.1(SIL 开源字型授权版本1.1,简称SIL OFL 或OFL)授权协议发布,这个授权的自由度非常高:
✔ 这款字体无论是个人还是企业都可以自由免费商用,无需知会或者标明原作者。
✔ 这款字体可以自由传播、分享,或者将字体安装于系统、软件或APP中也是允许的,可以与任何软件捆绑再分发以及/或一并销售。
✔ 这款字体可以自由修改、改造。但修改或改造后的字体也必须同样以SIL Open Font License 1.1授权公开。
✘ 这款字体禁止用于违法行为,如因使用这款字体产生纠纷或法律诉讼,作者不承担任何责任。
✘ 根据SIL Open Font License 1.1的规定,禁止单独出售字体文件(OTF/TTF文件)的行为。
关于SIL Open Font License 1.1授权协议的内容、免责事项等详细细节,请查看详细的License授权文件的内容。
字体来源出处1:https://github.com/EkType/Modak
字体来源出处2:https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Modak (需要科学上网才能打开)
注:安装后在PS、AI、word等软件中若找不到该字体,可搜索名字「Modak」