Author's note

Progoty Skew by Chetona Software Cafe is a free Bangla display font with a sharply slanted, highly expressive profile. Broad black curves meet fine extended headline strokes, and several letters finish in long hooked sweeps. The forms look lively and theatrical.

Its sweeping contours can echo ink illustration and ornamental linework on Bengali book covers and cultural posters. That close relationship between lettering and image also suits festival graphics and music packaging, especially when the type becomes part of a decorative border or emblem. In publishing, its strong horizontal movement can give magazine section openers a distinctly Bengali visual voice rooted in the script's flowing structure.

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
(C) Copyright 1997 by Chetona Software Cafe. All Right Reserved
Font family
Progoty Skew
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
DTP-Progoty
Full font name
Progoty Skew
Name table version
Version 1.00
Postscript font name
Progoty

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 1.0 semantics
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Revision1
Glyph count219
Units per Em2048
Embedding rightsEmbedding for permanent installation
Family classNo classification
WeightSemi-light
WidthMedium (normal)
Width typeNormal
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs
Pattern natureOblique
StyleUpright
Stroke weightBook, text, regular, etc.
PitchNot monospaced
Symbol setWindows 3.1 ANSI