Open Fonts for Devanagari Scripts

June 14, 2020

List of free and open-sourced fonts for languages that follow the Devanagari writing system in their scripts. To use and install the below fonts, if required, you would only need to add the Telugu language on your Windows or macOS Personal Computer or Mobile phone.

Hindi, Marathi, Bhojpuri, Konkani, Kashmiri, Haryani, Kashmiri, Sanskrit, and more languages that branched out from Indo-Aryan language classification follow Devanagari or an adapted version of it as their writing system.

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Noto Sans

  • Designed by: Google, available by default in Chromebooks.

  • Available Styles: 32 different sytles, includes codensed and extra condensed variants.

  • License: SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1

  • Download: Preview and download from Noto fonts website

  • Source code: Available in this Github repository.

  • Languages covered: 63

Noto Serif

  • Designed by: Google, available by default in Chromebooks.

  • Available Styles: Regular & Bold

  • License: SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1

  • Download: Preview and download from Noto fonts website

  • Source code: Available in this Github repository.

  • Languages covered: 63

Palanquin & Palanquin Dark

  • Designed by: Pria Ravichandran

  • Available Styles: 11 different sytles, from thin to bold and thicker bold variants.

  • License: SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1

  • Download: Preview and download from Google fonts website

  • Source code: Available in this Github repository. Repository holds a Docs folder with related feedback, testing and detailed sample text rendered in the Palanquin font.

Mukta

  • Designed by: Ek Type

  • Available Styles: 8 different sytles, from extra light 200 to extra bold 800 variants. Mukta font-family also has fonts for Gujarati, Gurumukhi and Tamil languages.

  • License: SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1

  • Download: Preview and download from Google fonts website

  • Source code: Available in this Github repository.

Martel Sans

  • Designed by: Dan Reynolds.

  • Available Styles: 7 different sytles, from Extra light 200 to 900 variants. It supports high-contrast strokes with a diagonal axis. He created the typeface Dasa, and together with Mathieu Réguer developed Biryani and Martel Sans.

  • License: SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1

  • Download: Preview and download from Typeoff website

  • Source code: Available in this Github repository.

Pragati Narrow

  • Designed by: Romero, Cosgaya, Silva & Omnibus-Type Team.

  • Available Styles: Regular & Bold with 1180 glyphs in each variant.

  • License: SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1

  • Download: Preview and download from Omnibus-Type website

  • Source code: Available in this Github repository.

Glegoo

  • Designed by: Eduardo Tunni.

  • Available Styles: Regular and Bold 700 slab serif variants.

  • License: SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1

  • Download: Preview and download from Google fonts website

  • Source code: Available in this Github repository.

Poppins

  • Designed by: Indian Type Foundry.

  • Available Styles: 18 different sytles, like Thin 100, italic, regular, bold and thicker variants.

  • License: SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1

  • Download: Preview and download from Google fonts website

  • Source code: Available in this Github repository.

Kalam

  • Designed by: Indian Type Foundry.

  • Available Styles: Handwriting alike with Regular & Bold styles.

  • License: SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1

  • Download: Preview and download from Google fonts website

  • Source code: Available in this Github repository.

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