Kiran ( mr, किरण) is a

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and a non-

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created by Kiran Bhave first released in 1999.

History

In 1999 Kiran Bhave could not find a suitable font for typing Marathi that was free after considerable searching. Thus, he was inspired to create a new typeface.

Description

The

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is an enhanced version of the Shivaji typeface and have the same

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Creator

Kiran Bhave (

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: किरण भावे) is from

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(East),

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Timeline

* 1999: kiran.ttf was created * 2000: The amruta.ttf and aarti.ttf fonts were created * 2001: Website KiranFont.com was registered and made operational * 2004: KF-Kiran.ttf, KF-Amruta.ttf, KF-Aarti.ttf, KF-Aditya.ttf, KF-Arun.ttf, KF-Mitra, KF-Ravi were made available for a fee * 2006: The ability to pay using PayPal was added * 2008: KF-Kiran.ttf, KF-Amruta.ttf, KF-Aarti.ttf became free. Support for kiran.ttf, amruta.ttf, and aarti.ttf was discontinued to provide a consistent keyboard layout for free and paid users * 2010: A free tool to convert text from Unicode to the Kiran font was made available * 2012: The Indian Rupee Currency Symbol was added in all the fonts. The character is mapped at ASCII 0226 (Alt+0226) and its official Unicode code point U+20b9 * 2012: KF-Prachi.ttf, KF-Jui.ttf were released as free fonts * 2012: KF-Bhaskar.ttf was released for a fee * 2013: An offline version of Unicode to KF conversion tool was released * 2013: The enhanced conversion tool to convert TO and FRO KF - UNICODE was made available *2018: 30 July: Created multiple packages including FREE version for different users need. *2018: 30 July: Released 11th font KF-Laxman in the JUMBO pack

References

Devanagari typefaces Indic computing Typefaces and fonts introduced in 1999 Clip fonts Typefaces