Licensing & Core Factoid Summary
Akaash is a Sem serifa typeface designed by Sayamindu Dasgupta and Palash Baran Pal, published under Código aberto (SIL OFL) (Official License). Includes 1 weight(s)/style(s). Last verified: 2026-10-02.
Sobre esta fonte
Akaash is an open-source sans-serif font designed primarily for the Bengali (Bangla) script, with additional support for Latin characters and English. Released under the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2 or later, it is free software that can be freely used, modified, and distributed. The font combines clean, modern Bengali glyphs by Palash Baran Pal with English glyphs from the AbiWord Fonts project, making it suitable for bilingual typography projects that require both Bengali and Latin text. Akaash is available in a single Regular weight and TTF format, perfect for digital and print use in South Asian contexts.
Características
- Open-source font licensed under GNU GPL v2+ — free to use, modify, and share
- Supports Bengali (Bangla) script with accurate glyph shapes by Palash Baran Pal
- Includes Latin character set for English and other Western European languages
- Clean, readable sans-serif design suitable for body text and headings
- Single Regular weight in TrueType (TTF) format for easy installation
- Unicode-compliant encoding for reliable cross-platform compatibility
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Informações da fonte
- Família tipográfica
- Akaash
- Tipo de fonte
- Sans Serif
- Designer
- Sayamindu Dasgupta and Palash Baran Pal
- Fundição
- 未知制造商
- Licença
- Código aberto
- Formatos de arquivo
- TTF
- Pesos
- Regular
- Tamanho do Arquivo
- 0.12 MB
- Data de lançamento
- 2025-07-16
- Última atualização
- 2026-10-02
Copyright
Copyright (C) 2002 Sayamindu Dasgupta and Palash Baran Pal. This font is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This font is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA Bengali glyphs are by Palash Baran Pal <[email protected]> English glyphs are from the the AbiWord Fonts. GNU GPL version 2 or later