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Ethno Multimedia [Vijayakumar Sinnathurai] Publisher of Indic fonts, who set up Ethno fonts. He studied mechanical engineering at University of Sri Lanka in Peradeniya, Sri Lanka (1978) and chemical engineering at the University of Toronto (1981). He settled in Canada, and obtained a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the University of Toronto in 2005. He had a lifelong interest in mathematical modeling and type design. Vijayakumar died in 2017. Some of his Tamil fonts could be found at R. Padmakumar's archive. In 2017, after his death, Vijayakumar's family granted me permission to place the collection on my site for free download. There are sometimes multiple versions of the same font, with minor changes. All of these are included too. The list: Aabohi Adaanaa (1993) Anantha Shanmugathas (1993, with Ranjan Shivakumar&EPICS) Ananthabairavi (1994, with Ranjan Shivakumar) Boopalam (1994) Chunnakan (1995) DenukaPC (1995) Dheepa Gayathri. Geethapria (1993) Hamsathvani (1995, with B. Gnanapandithan) Hemawathy Hindolam (1995) Janaranjani Kalyani (1994) Kamaas (1993, with Ranjan Shivakumar) Karaharapriya (1994) Keeravani (1994, with B. Gnanapandithan) Lathangi Madhuvanthi (1992) Mohanam (1993, with Ranjan Shivakumar) Nagananthini (1994, with Nicolas) Needhimathi (1995) Ranjani (1992) Rasihapriya (1993) Sahaanaa (1995) Sangeetha Saraswathy (1993) Sevvanthi Sindhubairavi (1995) Missing are Adankappidaari (1993, with Ranjan Shivakumar), Kilavi (1993), Malayamarutham (1994), Pichchaikari (1993, with Nicolas), Shanmugapriya (1993, with B. Gnanapandithan), Sindhu (1993), Sngarabaranam (1993), TML Helv Plain (1992). His fonts were developed on Commodore 64, on which one could not make the long N (Moonu suzhi N) as a single character and the result was a non-symmetric placement of the pulli (the dot). Vijayakumar continued that style in his fonts so he could easily recognize his work anywhere. That asymmetric pulli also led to the demise of his typefaces. A link has been set up to raise funds for the Vijayakumar scholarship at the University of Toronto to honour his memory. Download link.	EXTERNAL LINKS MyFonts search Monotype search Fontspring search Google search INTERNAL LINKS Ethno Multimedia Tamil fonts ⦿ Type design in Sri Lanka ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿ The Canadian type scene ⦿ Font hosting at On Snot and Fonts ⦿

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