Author's note

Bangla is a free Bangla script font with the dense, calligraphic rhythm associated with Bengali lettering. The letters feel drawn rather than engineered, mixing rounded turns with a strong linking headline that gives the font a continuous, flowing texture.

It makes sense anywhere you want that regional calligraphic voice to carry the design - cultural posters, book covers, festival graphics, title cards, and short editorial headings all suit this free font well. The connected top line gives even brief words a banded silhouette, so it is especially convincing in logos, mastheads, and other compact display settings.

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Bengali - Character map

Basic font information

Copyright notice
Bangla version 1.0

This font is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This font is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License (in the COPYING file) for more details.
Font family
Bangla
Font subfamily
Medium
Unique subfamily identification
Bangla : 27-4-2003
Full font name
Bangla
Name table version
Version 1.0
Postscript font name
Bangla
Description
Unicode-compliant Bangla TrueType font.

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 2.0 and onwards semantics, Unicode BMP only.
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Created2005-04-01
Revision1
Glyph count426
Units per Em2048
Embedding rightsEmbedding for editing allowed
Family classNo classification
WeightMedium (normal)
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureRegular
PitchNot monospaced