Linotype Bengali was originally designed 1978–1982
by Fiona Ross and Tim
Holloway for newspaper composition, in two weights. It was the
first Bengali typeface available in digital form.
Revised in 2020 by Ross together with Neelakash Kshetrimayum and extended to five
weights, commissioned by Monotype.
ABP is a custom version used by publisher
Anandabazar Patrika. A first version was made by Deborani
Dattagupta in 1996 by retracing Linotype Bengali. In
2015, Ross was commissioned with a new version. A headline weight,
ABP Extra Bold, was first employed in February 2016.
[UoR] ABP
2015, made as “an alternative voice for textual
composition”, debuted in March 2017 in Regular and
Bold. [UoR]
These fonts were designed in collaboration with Kshetrimayum,
produced by John More…
Linotype Bengali was originally designed 1978–1982 by Fiona Ross and Tim Holloway for newspaper composition, in two weights. It was the first Bengali typeface available in digital form.
Revised in 2020 by Ross together with Neelakash Kshetrimayum and extended to five weights, commissioned by Monotype.
ABP is a custom version used by publisher Anandabazar Patrika. A first version was made by Deborani Dattagupta in 1996 by retracing Linotype Bengali. In 2015, Ross was commissioned with a new version. A headline weight, ABP Extra Bold, was first employed in February 2016. [UoR] ABP 2015, made as “an alternative voice for textual composition”, debuted in March 2017 in Regular and Bold. [UoR] These fonts were designed in collaboration with Kshetrimayum, produced by John Hudson of Tiro Typeworks.
