About
Karma is an Open Source multi-script typeface supporting both the Devanagari and the Latin script. The family was developed for use in body text on screen, and five fonts are available. The characters for both scripts feature a construction style that tends toward the monolinear. The Latin script component has serif letters. Both these, and the stroke terminals in the Devanagari letterforms are generally rounded in Karma’s design.
Karma’s characters are economic in width, and the Latin sports a tall x-height. Although the knotted terminals in the Devanagari letterforms are closed, the general feeling of the Devanagari character set is open and airy. See the design of the ख (kha), छ (cha) and ध (dha), for example.
Joana Correia designed Karma for the Indian Type Foundry, who first published the fonts in 2014.
Designer
1Indian Type Foundry (ITF) creates retail and custom multilingual fonts for print and digital media. Started in 2009 by Satya Rajpurohit and Peter Bil’ak, ITF works with designers from across the world. ITF fonts are used by clients ranging from tech giants like Apple, Google, and Sony, to various international brands.