Kiran fonts
Kiran fonts is a term used to describe and catalogue material of this kind, established as a heading by Wikidata. Kiran fonts was recorded from 1999.
Kiran fonts
- Name
- Kiran
- Period
- 1999
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Kiran fonts is a term used to describe and catalogue material of this kind, established as a heading by Wikidata. Kiran fonts was recorded from 1999.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Kiran • Style — San-serif • Classifications — Non-Latin • Creator — Kiran Bhave • Releasedate — 1999 • Based On — Shivaji • Devanagari — yes Kiran is a free Devanagari typeface and a non-Unicode font created by Kiran Bhave first released in 1999.
Creator
Creator
Kiran Bhave (Marathi: किरण भावे) is from Sanpada (East), Navi Mumbai.
Timeline
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 • 2024: 27 February: Released economical version of Unicode conversion utilities
Description
The keyboard layout is an enhanced version of the Shivaji typeface and have the same keyboard layout. The typeface is used create websites using the Devanagari script.
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