S. K. Mohanty
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One of the most recognizable faces in the Indian scripts Digital Type Design and Calligraphy is S.K. Mohanty, a renowned Type Designer and Calligrapher, who made indelible imprint in his chosen field. Over a period of two decades, his relentless search for perfection placed him on top slot. The artistic touch of S.K. Mohanty is highly visible in his creations and he has been instrumental for promoting calligraphy and Digital Type Design in Indic scripts to the international level.
His contribution to Indic scripts Type Design and Multilingual Technology development earned him prestigious FIE Foundation National Award in ‘93. His contribution to the Digital Type Design and Indian language technology development has opened up the plethora of opportunities for the IT Industry to reach multilingual and multi-ethnic masses.
Mohanty received his M. Des., from IDC, IIT Bombay. He has been deeply involved in research on type design for last 25 years.
As a Type Designer and a Calligrapher he has worked extensively on the standardization of glyph for font design of Indian scripts for multi-lingual text display and printing.
His contribution includes several Typeface designs for low resolution as well as high resolution output devices in the complex Indian scripts and some of the south Asian scripts, which include Devanagari (Hindi & Marathi), Bengali, Assamese, Gujarati, Punjabi, Oriya, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Sinhalese, Tibetan, Bhutanese.
His contribution to Indic scripts Type Design and Multilingual Technology development earned him prestigious FIE Foundation National Award in ‘93. His contribution to the Digital Type Design and Indian language technology development has opened up the plethora of opportunities for the IT Industry to reach multilingual and multi-ethnic masses.
Mohanty received his M. Des., from IDC, IIT Bombay. He has been deeply involved in research on type design for last 25 years.
As a Type Designer and a Calligrapher he has worked extensively on the standardization of glyph for font design of Indian scripts for multi-lingual text display and printing.
His contribution includes several Typeface designs for low resolution as well as high resolution output devices in the complex Indian scripts and some of the south Asian scripts, which include Devanagari (Hindi & Marathi), Bengali, Assamese, Gujarati, Punjabi, Oriya, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Sinhalese, Tibetan, Bhutanese.