BBT by Prabhupada is a free high-contrast serif font with broad, stately capitals and a distinctly formal air. Fine cross strokes meet sturdy verticals.
Its crisp construction suits both book publishing and luxury packaging, lending authority to cover lines, labels, and formal event materials. The sharp serifs and classical proportions are especially convincing for historical subjects, literary editions, and ceremonial design.
Copyright (c) 2008, Copyright (c) Holder for the commissioned (Unicode 0915) devanagri glyph design as the new 11th english and european glyph and the cancellation of the previous k / K is (His Divine Grace) Prabhupada, Founder Acharya & Permanent Sole Initiator of the Panca Tattva / Caitanya Mahaprabhu / Vaisnava Movement, the permanent person not the estate, state, representative/s or representative organisation/s etc. All Rights Reserved. (full and also other copyright information at accompanying font files)
Font family
BBT
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
SIL: BBT: 2002
Full font name
BBT
Name table version
Version 1.001
Postscript font name
BBT
Trademark notice
Gentium is a trademark of SIL International.
Designer
J. Victor Gaultney
Description
2 April 2008 (Juergen Weltin) <BBT> Version 1.1
Ð k/K (Unicode glyphs /006B and /004B) exchanged through Unicode glyph /uni0915
Ð released as <BBT>
N: Juergen Weltin
E: weltin@typematters.de
W: http://www.typematters.de
D: Designer Ð Unicode glyph /uni0915 upper and lower case
Extended font information
Platforms supported
PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 2.0 and onwards semantics, Unicode BMP only.
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only
Font details
Created2008-04-07
Revision1
Glyph count1699
Units per Em2048
Embedding rightsEmbedding for permanent installation
Family classNo classification
WeightMedium (normal)
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureRegular
PitchNot monospaced
Complete pack contains 2 font weights listed below: