Tiro Gurmukhi

1 weights • Version 6 • On Google Fonts since 2022 • Popularity #1559

Quick Summary

Styles · incl. italic

400-400

Weight Range

Static

Not variable

Languages / Subsets

About Tiro Gurmukhi Fonts

Tiro Gurmukhi has its origins in a typeface designed for the Murty Classical Library of India book series, so is especially suited to traditional literary publishing but also made with the needs of today’s multiple print and screen media in mind. The design reintroduces the stroke modulation of traditional Punjabi manuscript styles that is absent from the monolinear typefaces that became conventional for the script in the 20th Century. This gives Tiro Gurmukhi a strong traditional flavour while also something fresh in the context of modern typography. For the Open Font License release, Tiro Gurmukhi has been extended to support additional characters, and features a new italic companion. Each font also includes a Latin subset including diacritics for transcription of Indian languages.

Tiro Gurmukhi was designed by John Hudson and Fiona Ross. The italic was adapted by Paul Hanslow.

To contribute, see github.com/TiroTypeworks/Indigo.

To learn more, read Modern Tiro Indic collection for classical South Asian texts.

Who Designed Tiro Gurmukhi?

Tiro Typeworks

Tiro Typeworks is a small type foundry specialising in custom fonts for multilingual publishing and computing. Tiro’s clients include Adobe, Apple, Brill, Google, Harvard University Press, Microsoft, the STI Pub consortium, and other specialist publishers and scholarly organisations.

John Hudson

John Hudson is a Canadian type designer and font maker, and co-founder of Tiro Typeworks (1994).

Fiona Ross

Fiona Ross specializes in type design primarily for Arabic, South Asian, and Thai scripts. She works as a consultant, type designer, author, and Professor in Type Design (part-time) at the University of Reading (UK). Fiona has received the SoTA Typography Award (2014) and the Type Director’s Club Medal (2018).

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