Tiro Devanagari Sanskrit
Tiro Typeworks · John Hudson, Fiona Ross, Paul Hanslow
A free, two-style Devanagari typeface designed by John Hudson and Fiona Ross for Sanskrit and Latin text, distributed openly via GitHub.
About
Designed by John Hudson and Fiona Ross with italic adaptation by Paul Hanslow, this family covers Devanagari script for Sanskrit alongside an extended Latin character set of over 1,800 glyphs. It reflects Tiro Typeworks' longstanding focus on scholarly multilingual typography, where script fidelity and reading comfort at text sizes are the primary considerations. Available freely in Regular and Italic, with sources hosted publicly on GitHub.
Classification
A text serif designed for Devanagari script with Latin support, reflecting a humanist approach informed by traditional calligraphic principles and scholarly typographic practice.