Association for Insight Meditation (or: Aimwell)

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Association for Insight Meditation (or: Aimwell) [Bhikkhu Pesala] Bhikkhu Pesala, a Buddhist monk based in London, designs free fonts. His original we page was called Aimwell (Association for Insight Meditation). On that site dedicated to Pali fonts, there was a file with Bhikkhu Pesala's free fonts. Most of Pesala's fonts have well over 1000 glyphs, cover Latin, Vietnamese and Greek, and have an enormous set of symbols including chess symbols and astrological signs. The present list of fonts, with some older ones removed: Acariya (2016): a Garamond style typeface derived from Guru, but with suboptimal kerning. Akkhara (2006). Derived from Gentium. Balava (2014): a revival of Baskerville derived from Libre Baskerville. Cankama (2009). A Gothic, Black Letter script. Carita (2006). An all caps roman. Garava (2006). Designed for body text. It has a generous x-height and economical copy-fit. The family includes Extra-Bold and Extra-Bold Italic styles besides the usual four. Typeface Sample Guru (2008). A condensed Garamond style typeface designed for economy of copyfit in Buddhist publications. 100 pages of text set in the Pali typeface would be about 94 pages if set in Garava, or 92 pages if set in Guru. Hari (2016): a hand-writing script derived from Allura by Robert E. Leuschke, released under the SIL license. Hattha (2007). A felt marker pen typeface. Jivita (2012): an original sans typeface for body text. Kabala (2009). A sans serif typeface designed for display text or headings. Kabel? Lekhana (2008). Pesala's version of Zapf Chancery. Mahakampa (2016): a hand-writing script derived from Great Vibes by Robert E. Leuschke. Mandala (2007). A geometric sans designed for decorative body text or headings. Has chess symbols. Nacca (2016): a hand-writing script derived from Dancing Script by Pablo Impallari. Odana (2006). A calligraphic almost blackletter brush font suitable for titles, or short texts where a less formal appearance is wanted. Open Sans (2016): a sans font suitable for body text. Includes diacritics for Pali and Sanskrit. Pali: Pesala's version of Hermann Zapf's Palatino. Sukhumala (2014): derived from Sort Mills Goudy. Talapanna (2007). Pesala's version of Goudy Bertham, with decorative gothic capitals and extra ligatures in the Private Use Area. Talapatta. Veluvana (2006). A heavy brush style. The Greek glyphs are from Guru. Small Caps are greater than x-height. Verajja (2006). A Pali word meaning "variety of kingdoms or provinces." It is derived from Bitstream Vera. Verajja Serif. Yolanda (2008). Calligraphic.	EXTERNAL LINKS Association for Insight Meditation (or: Aimwell) MyFonts search Monotype search Fontspring search Google search INTERNAL LINKS Indic language fonts ⦿ Type design in India ⦿ Vietnamese ⦿ Chess fonts ⦿ Astrological (or Zodiac) fonts ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Sites with only a few free fonts ⦿ Blackletter fonts ⦿ Calligraphic typefaces ⦿ Type design in the United Kingdom ⦿ Chancery hand, cancellaresca ⦿ Baskerville ⦿ Chancery hand, cancellaresca ⦿ Garalde or Garamond typefaces ⦿ Brush script typefaces ⦿ Frederic William Goudy ⦿