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Kohinoor

Indian Type Foundry · Satya Rajpurohit · 2010

sans-serifhumanist sansitalic
Kohinoor specimen from Indian Type Foundry

A low-contrast humanist sans-serif with six weights and true italics, designed as part of a multiscript series covering all 11 official writing systems of India.

About

Designed by Satya Rajpurohit and released in 2010, Kohinoor sits within the broader Kohinoor Multiscript series, which addresses Latin alongside ten other scripts used across India. Its mono-linear strokes and open letterforms make it equally at home in body text and display settings. Six weights from Light to Black, each with a true italic, give it sufficient range for editorial, corporate and screen-based applications.

Classification

A low-contrast humanist sans-serif with mono-linear stroke qualities, designed for both body and display use across multiple scripts. Its open, friendly forms and true italics place it firmly in the humanist sans tradition. Also sold in Malayalam, Kannada, Arabic, Bangla, Devanagari, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Tamil, Telugu versions.

Weights

LightBookDemiMediumBoldBlack

Languages

LatinMalayalamKannadaArabicBengaliDevanagariGujaratiGurmukhiTamilTelugu

Tags

humanistsans-serifmultiscriptmultilingualworkhorseneutralbody-textindia

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