Rupali, a free Bangla font by Solaiman Karim, has a compact handwritten-Bangla feel with soft curves and a dense, inked silhouette. The letters look calm and grounded, with the familiar Bangla headline tying forms together while rounded bowls and clipped turns keep the texture solid rather than airy.
This free font makes sense anywhere Bengali display text needs a warm, everyday tone - book covers, cultural posters, magazine headings, invitation cards, and short branding lines. It suits title cards and brief callouts especially well, because the forms feel full and joined, giving even a few letters a settled presence.
Designed by: Solaiman Karim <solaiman@ekushey.org>
This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.0. No modification of the license is permitted, only verbatim copy is allowed. This license is copied below, and is also available with a FAQ at: http://scripts.sil.org/OFL
Font family
Rupali
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
Rupali
Full font name
Rupali
Name table version
Version 1.50 U 5.0
Postscript font name
Rupali
Manufacturer name
Solaiman Karim
Designer
Solaiman Karim
Extended font information
Platforms supported
PlatformEncoding
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only
Font details
Created2002-09-04
Revision1
Glyph count615
Units per Em2048
Embedding rightsEmbedding for editing allowed
Family classNo classification
WeightSemi-light
WidthMedium (normal)
Width typeNormal
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals