Speakers including artists, researchers and academics on Saturday said that the book publishing suffers for lack of quality Bangla text types.
They also said that font designers are more focused on display types rather text types that are essential for book publishing
They made the remarks at an event titled ‘Lipikola TypeTalk: Discussing Bangla Typefaces’ at Bishwa Sahitya Kendra organised to mark the launch of 12 Bangladesh fonts by Lipikola on the first anniversary of the digital type foundry.
New Age deputy editor Abu Jar M Akkas, also editorial associate of the Bangla typography magazine Harapcarca, Dhaka University professor of graphic design Md Maksudur Rahman, visual artist Anisuzzaman Sohel, Jahangirnagar University assistant professor of Bangla department Mohammad Mamun Or Rashid and artist Azhar
Forhad spoke at the event, moderated by artist Silvia Nazneen.
Lipikola founder Kazi Jubair Mahmud delivered the welcome speech and officially launched the fonts named after 12 Bengali months.
Abu Jar M Akkas said that most of the type designers did not have adequate knowledge of the history of Bangla letterforms.
‘Most of the fonts are not fit for printing long, book-length materials,’ Akkas said. ‘Old hot metal types have not been preserved and they have not been digitally converted.’
Anisuzzaman Sohel said many fonts did not maintain proper shape of the Bangla conjunct letters.
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