Basic Design Issues in a Multi-Lingual Type Font Design and Typesetting Workstation
Pijush Kanti Ghosh · IETE Journal of Research · 1984
We are clearly well-launched into the age of digital printing. The type which our children will read in near future is going to be described, stored, and typeset in digital form. Unfortunately, the graphics industry in India has still remained almost unaffected by these technological advances. In this paper, after a tentative review of the earlier works, we have discussed the relevant design issues to be considered to create a digital type font design and typesetting environment. Special emphasis has been given to the design of a multi-lingual workstation which may liberate the Indian typography industry from the dust of the past. We have also discussed the constraints placed on font design and reproduction by the low resolution medium. The basic idea presented here has emerged from our experience with the development of an alphabet design system PaLATINO at NCSDCT and our working experience with METAFONT, Letter IP, and IKARUS systems.