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Anek Malayalam

Google Fonts · Ek Type · 2022

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Anek Malayalam specimen from Google Fonts

A carefully unified sans-serif pairing Malayalam and Latin scripts across a full eight-weight range.

About

Malayalam's characteristically curved, loop-rich letterforms present a real challenge for cross-script harmonisation, and Anek Malayalam handles this with considered stroke weights and consistent optical sizing. The result is a dependable face for digital products, publications, and signage serving Malayalam-speaking audiences alongside Latin readers. Like all Anek members, its breadth of weights makes it adaptable from headlines to captions.

Classification

Anek Malayalam pairs Malayalam script with Latin in a unified sans-serif system, respecting the distinctive curved loops and horizontal flow of Malayalam letterforms. The design maintains consistent weight contrast across both scripts.

Weights

ThinExtraLightLightRegularMediumSemiBoldBoldExtraBold

Languages

LatinLatin Extendedmalayalam

Tags

sans-serifhumanistmultilingualbodyuiscreenvariablefreeopen-source