Kalam
Fontshare · Indian Type Foundry · 2022
A handwriting-style family from Indian Type Foundry, optimised for on-screen legibility with letterforms imitating a felt-tip or ball-point pen.
About
Kalam draws its letterforms from casual everyday handwriting, featuring a steep slant from top right to bottom left that gives it a fresh, personal quality on screen and in print. Three static weights run from Light to Bold, with a variable axis covering the full range. Despite its informal origins, the family has been tuned for text rendering on screen rather than left as a raw digitisation of handwriting.
Classification
Kalam is explicitly categorised as a handwriting-style font, with letterforms derived from casual everyday handwriting made with a thin felt-tip or ball-point pen. Script is the appropriate top-level category, with handwriting as the subcategory.