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Q: What is Unicode in Telugu fonts?

Unicode is a universal character encoding standard . It defines how Telugu characters, along with characters from many other languages, are represented in web pages, text files, and documents. There are different types of Unicode encoding, with UTF-8 and UTF-16 being the most common . UTF-8 is the most widely used on the web and is the default encoding standard in many software programs for Telugu text. UTF-8 Unicode encoding can use up to four bytes to represent characters . For English characters, UTF-8 uses only one byte. European (Latin), Hebrew, and Arabic characters are typically represented with two bytes. Telugu characters and many other Asian scripts usually require three bytes. Some special characters may even require four bytes.

Welcome to my home of the best and most popular Telugu fonts. Browse and download Unicode, ANSI and Google Telugu web fonts on your mobile and desktop devices for FREE. Below is my selection of some of the most popular fonts for displaying and typing Telugu scripts ^[1].

Akshar Regular Telugu Unicode Font

Akshar Regular is a comprehensive multi-script Unicode font designed by Vasudevan V for Kamban Softwares ^[2]. This font supports multiple Indian languages including Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Devanagari, and Sinhala scripts, making it particularly valuable for multi-lingual documents and applications.

Gidugu Regular Telugu Unicode Font

Gidugu Regular is a modern Telugu Unicode font developed by SiliconAndhra ^[3]. This font features clean, contemporary letterforms that are well-suited for both digital displays and print media. Its uniform stroke weight makes it highly legible at various sizes.

Gurajada Regular Telugu Unicode Font

Gurajada Regular is another excellent Unicode font from SiliconAndhra's collection ^[3]. Named after the famous Telugu poet Gurajada Apparao, this font embodies traditional Telugu calligraphy whilst maintaining modern readability standards for contemporary usage.

Ramaraja Regular Telugu Unicode Font

Ramaraja is a classical Telugu Unicode font designed by the Andhra Pradesh Society for Knowledge Networks ^[3]. This font reflects traditional Telugu script aesthetics with elegant curves and proportions, making it suitable for cultural and literary publications.

Suranna Regular Telugu Unicode Font

Suranna is another distinguished font from the Andhra Pradesh Society for Knowledge Networks ^[3]. This font is characterised by its balanced letterforms and consistent spacing, making it particularly suitable for extended reading in books, newspapers, and digital publications.

Lohit Telugu ANSI Font

Lohit Telugu is a beautiful and versatile ANSI font that's ideal for magazines and general-purpose applications. Licensed under the SIL Open Font License, this font offers excellent readability and has been widely adopted in the Telugu publishing industry for both print and digital media.

Ponnala Regular Telugu ANSI Font

Ponnala Regular is a well-crafted ANSI font developed by Silicon Andhra in 2011 ^[3]. This font features distinctive character shapes that maintain excellent legibility whilst preserving the traditional aesthetics of Telugu script. It's particularly effective for headings and titles.

Pothana 2000 Telugu ANSI Font

Pothana 2000 is a renowned Telugu font designed by Dr. K. Desikachary (Tirumala Krishna Desikacharyulu) of Winnipeg, Canada ^[5]. Named after the classical Telugu poet Pothana, this font has become one of the most popular choices for Telugu digital publishing due to its excellent readability and authentic script representation.

Vemana Telugu ANSI Font

Vemana is another exceptional font created by Dr. K. Desikachary, named after the famous Telugu philosopher-poet Vemana ^[5]. This font offers a distinctive style that differs from Pothana whilst maintaining the same high standards of legibility and authenticity in Telugu script representation.

Hind Guntur - by Indian Type Foundry

This font is part of the Indian Type Foundry's larger Open Source Multi-Script Project ^[6]. Besides Telugu, it also includes Latin-script characters.

Hind Guntur's letterforms have a humanist-style construction, with monolinear strokes having flat endings. Because of this, the entire font family feels very legible on both display screens and printed paper.

Suranna - by Purushoth Kumar Guttula

Suranna is named after the Telugu poet, and it was developed mainly for use in news publications ^[6]. It has a unique shape with heavy weight at the bottom of letters.

To contribute, see https://github.com/appajid/suranna ^[7].

Baloo Tammudu 2 - by Ek Type

Baloo Tammudu is available in nine Indian scripts along with Latin script ^[6]. The font family is also Unicode compliant and libre licensed.

Baloo 2 is an extension of the earlier Baloo Project. The new version of the typeface includes additional glyphs, many engineering improvements, and has been extended to five weights from Light to Extra-bold.

To contribute, see https://github.com/EkType/Baloo2 ^[8]

→ Open Windows Explorer and navigate to the C:\Windows\Fonts directory.

→ Next, open the Control Panel, click on "Fonts", then choose "Install New Font". Browse to the folder where you downloaded and extracted the Telugu font files.

→ Select all the Telugu fonts and click "OK" to install them.

→ Once installed, you should be able to use the Telugu fonts in Microsoft Word or in any other text-editing program.

→ If the fonts do not appear right away, try restarting your computer to apply the changes.

What is the difference between Unicode and ANSI Telugu fonts?

Both ANSI and UTF-8 are encoding formats. ANSI is a Microsoft-related standard for characters and is mainly used to encode Latin alphabets. UTF-8, on the other hand, is one of the implementations of Unicode and supports more than 128,000 characters.

What is Unicode in Telugu fonts?

Unicode is a universal character encoding standard. It defines how Telugu characters, along with characters from many other languages, are represented in web pages, text files, and documents.

There are different types of Unicode encoding, with UTF-8 and UTF-16 being the most common. UTF-8 is the most widely used on the web and is the default encoding standard in many software programs for Telugu text.

UTF-8 Unicode encoding can use up to four bytes to represent characters. For English characters, UTF-8 uses only one byte. European (Latin), Hebrew, and Arabic characters are typically represented with two bytes. Telugu characters and many other Asian scripts usually require three bytes. Some special characters may even require four bytes.

References:

[1] Unicode, Inc. "Telugu Unicode Block Range: 0C00–0C7F". The Unicode Standard, Version 16.0. Retrieved from https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U0C00.pdf
[2] Kamban Software. "Akshar Unicode Font for Multiple Indian Scripts". Retrieved from https://kamban.com.au/en/products/unicode-fonts
[3] SiliconAndhra. "Telugu Unicode Fonts".
[4] Wikipedia. "Telugu Script". Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telugu_script
[5] Desikachary, K. "Pothana and Vemana Telugu Fonts". Retrieved from https://www.bhimalapuram.co.in/freesoft/ vemanapothana.html (URL no longer accessible)
[6] Google Fonts. "Telugu Fonts Collection". Retrieved from https://fonts.google.com/about?subset=telugu
[7] GitHub Repository. "Suranna Telugu Font". Retrieved from https://github.com/appajid/suranna
[8] GitHub Repository. "Baloo 2 Font Family". Retrieved from https://github.com/EkType/Baloo2

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