Author's note

Sambhaav, designed by Nilam Doctor of Hitarth Consultants, is a free Gujarati display font with broad, looping forms and lively changes in stroke width. Its letters combine rounded bodies, sharp turns, and long sweeping extensions, producing an animated silhouette with plenty of individual detail.

It can give a festival identity a distinctly Gujarati voice. The energetic curves suit book covers, food packaging, and community arts materials, especially when the lettering is meant to contribute decorative movement as well as text. Its strongest context is regional storytelling, where the script's curls and emphatic directional strokes can echo folk illustration, dance, and celebratory graphics.

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Sambhaav font character map

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Sambhaav font character map: Basic Latin, page 1

Glyphs in the Sambhaav font — Basic Latin, page 1

Basic font information

Copyright notice
Hitarth Consultants, Nilam Doctor : 35, Tulsivihar Society, Nr. Khanpur, Ahmedabad 380 001, India. Ph: 5504347,440930.
Font family
Sambhaav
Font subfamily
Medium
Full font name
Sambhaav
Name table version
Version 001.000
Postscript font name
Sambhaav

Extended font information

Platforms supported

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

Font details

Created2010-09-14
Revision1
Glyph count220
Units per Em2048
Embedding rightsEmbedding for permanent installation
Family classNo classification
WeightSemi-bold
WidthMedium (normal)
Width typeNormal
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureRegular
StyleUpright
Stroke weightBook, text, regular, etc.
PitchNot monospaced
Symbol setWindows 3.1 ANSI