Shimanto is a free Bangla display font with compact, weighty lettering and a lively hand-drawn finish. Rounded turns and tight joins give the forms a dense silhouette, with subtle changes in stroke width keeping the line from looking mechanical.
Bengali food brands and cultural publishers can use its informal shapes for packaging, book covers, and event posters. In music graphics, the lettering can become part of an illustrated title treatment rather than serving as neutral text.
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 and a FAQ is also available at: http://scripts.sil.org/OFLved.
Font family
Shimanto
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
AlMamunSumon: Shimanto: 2012
Full font name
Shimanto
Name table version
Version 1.0
Postscript font name
Shimanto
Trademark notice
Shimanto is a trademark of Al Mamun Sumon.
Manufacturer name
Al Mamun Sumon
Designer
Al Mamun Sumon
Description
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 and a FAQ is also available at: http://scripts.sil.org/OFLved.
Extended font information
Platforms supported
PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 2.0 and onwards semantics, Unicode BMP only.
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only
Font details
Created2012-04-25
Revision1
Glyph count507
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsEmbedding for permanent installation
Family classNo classification
WeightMedium (normal)
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals