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A five-weight Kannada text family by Satya Rajpurohit, drawing on the script's calligraphic stroke contrast tradition with optical corrections suited to small sizes.
About
Belur Kannada preserves the characteristic vertical stroke contrast of traditional printed Kannada letterforms, where horizontal strokes at the top and bottom of each character are heavier than vertical strokes. Letterform details include subtle ink traps calibrated for text use, and many conjunct forms have been simplified to reduce below-baseline depth, allowing more lines per text block. The five weights remain relatively consistent in width, a natural consequence of the script's inherent contrast.
Classification
Belur Kannada is a Kannada-script serif with pronounced vertical stroke contrast derived from calligraphic tradition, placing it firmly in the calligraphic serif category within the Indic type classification.