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Modak介紹

Modak是一種甜美飽滿的德文-拉丁字體顯示字體,具有飽滿纖細的曲線。它符合Unicode,並且是在SIL Open Font License 1.1下開源的。

它最初是在Devanagari中進行的一次沉重的手繪字母形式探索,可愛的人物的曲線融合在一起,形成了獨特的反形狀。當我們將它們翻譯成一種功能性字體時,每個字符都經過了微調,並設計了多個matra來與每個字符精確匹配。與傳統方法不同的是,Modak的後基matras與輔音重疊。同樣,重疊的ukar也被設計為在兩者之間留下薄計數器。每個連詞都被重新繪製為一個單獨的實體,而不是僅僅由兩個單獨的字形組成。挑戰是在所有字符的小空格中保持易讀性和一致性,無論其結構複雜程度如何。由此產生的字體是同類字體中的一種,很可能是迄今為止設計的最胖的Devanagari字體。

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.

字體風格


使用許可

本字體以SIL Open Font License 1.1(SIL 開源字型授權版本1.1,簡稱SIL OFL 或OFL)授權協議發佈,這個授權的自由度非常高:

✔ 這款字體無論是個人還是企業都可以自由免費商用,無需知會或者標明原作者。

✔ 這款字體可以自由傳播、分享,或者將字體安裝於系統、軟件或APP中也是允許的,可以與任何軟件捆綁再分發以及/或一併銷售。

✔ 這款字體可以自由修改、改造。但修改或改造後的字體也必須同樣以SIL Open Font License 1.1授權公開。

✘ 這款字體禁止用於違法行為,如因使用這款字體產生糾紛或法律訴訟,作者不承擔任何責任。

✘ 根據SIL Open Font License 1.1的規定,禁止單獨出售字體文件(OTF/TTF文件)的行為。

關於SIL Open Font License 1.1授權協議的內容、免責事項等詳細細節,請查看詳細的License授權文件的內容。

參考資料

字體來源出處1:https://github.com/EkType/Modak

字體來源出處2:https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Modak  (需要科學上網才能打開)

Modak下載地址
安裝後在PS、AI、word等軟件中若找不到該字體,可搜索名字「Modak」。