Tiro Tamil
Designed by Tiro Typeworks, Fernando Mello, Fiona Ross, Kaja Słojewska
1 weights • Version 11 • On Google Fonts since 2022 • Popularity #1538
Quick Summary
2
Styles · incl. italic
400-400
Weight Range
Static
Not variable
3
Languages / Subsets
© 2020 The Indigo Project Authors
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About Tiro Tamil Fonts
Tiro Tamil 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 takes inspiration from Tamil metal types developed in Madras (Chennai) in the 19th and early 20th Century, which were influenced by both traditional palm leaf manuscripts and contemporary writing. The stroke modulation makes for a dynamic design for modern typography, while traditional forms of ligatures are accessible via OpenType Layout features. For the Open Font License release, Tiro Tamil has been extended to support additional characters, and features a new italic companion suitable for traditional slanted Tamil typography. Each font also includes a Latin subset including diacritics for transcription of Indian languages.
Tiro Tamil was designed by Fernando Mello and Fiona Ross. The italic was adapted by Kaja Słojewska.
To contribute, see github.com/TiroTypeworks/Indigo.
To learn more, read Modern Tiro Indic collection for classical South Asian texts.
Who Designed Tiro Tamil?
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.
Fernando Mello
Fernando Mello has diplomas from ‘MATD’/University of Reading, ‘Expert class Type design’/Plantin Institute of Typography, and ‘Condensed Program’/Type@Cooper, He has worked for 13 years as a type designer for Fontsmith and Monotype, and created several retail plus custom fonts for global clients. He also worked for Tiro, Adobe and Microsoft with Tamil fonts.
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).
Kaja Słojewska
Kaja Słojewska is a graphic-turned-typeface designer, currently based in Vancouver, Canada. As Nomad Fonts, Kaja is working with foundries to expand typeface families, produce typefaces, and create custom fonts.
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