Noto Sans Tamil
Google Fonts · 2012
A nine-weight Tamil and Latin sans-serif offering broad typographic range for one of the world's oldest living scripts.
About
Noto Sans Tamil is one of the more fully realised entries in the Noto family, covering Tamil — a script with a history stretching back over two millennia — with a nine-weight range that supports everything from light body text to bold display use. Its design harmonises the flowing, circular nature of Tamil letterforms with a contemporary sans-serif sensibility suited to digital interfaces and print. It is an excellent choice for applications, websites, and publications serving Tamil-speaking audiences across India, Sri Lanka, and the global diaspora.
Classification
A full-range nine-weight sans-serif supporting the Tamil script alongside Latin, designed as part of the Noto project with careful attention to the optical harmony between Tamil letterforms and their Latin counterparts. The Tamil glyphs balance the script's characteristic curves with a clean, screen-optimised construction.