Fonts supporting the Devanagari Script
Altogether, these languages have over 615 million speakers. In addition, numerous minority languages in India and Nepal are written in Devanagari, including Bodo, Gondi, Bhojpuri, Braj Bhasha and Newari. Since Devanagari is used across such a wide range of languages, the script includes extended vowel and consonant characters, alternate character forms, and additional vowel and consonant diacritics. Today, it is used across India for administrative purposes. It is also commonly used in films produced by Bollywood, India’s Hindi-language cinema industry. Read this extensive Essay about the history of the Devanagari script
Script Classification | Abugida |
Letter Case | None |
Commonly Used Quotation Marks | “...” , ‘...’ |
Numerals | 0–9: ० १ २ ३ ४ ५ ६ ७ ८ ९ [Widely used with regional variations, alongside Hindu-Arabic numerals] |
Earliest Recorded Usage | c. 7th century CE |
Used to Write | Hindi, Nepali, Marathi, Konkani, Gondi, Bodo, Bhojpuri, Braj Bhasha, Newari, Sanskrit, etc. |
Added to Unicode | Version 1.0 (1991) |
- पिंगPing9 styles
- नोवेंबर स्टेंसलNovember Stencil36 styles
- नोवेंबरNovember9 styles
- नोवेंबर कम्प्रेस्टNovember Compressed9 styles
- नोवेंबर कंडेंस्टNovember Condensed9 styles
- ऑक्टोबरOctober9 styles
- ऑक्टोबर कम्प्रेस्टOctober Compressed9 styles
- ऑक्टोबर कंडेन्स्टOctober Condensed9 styles
- लावाLava6 styles
- ग्रेटा सैंसGreta Sans9 styles
- ग्रेटा सैंस कंप्रेस्टGreta Sans Compressed9 styles
- ग्रेटा सैंस कंडेंस्टGreta Sans Condensed9 styles
- ग्रेटा सैंस एक्स्टेंडिडGreta Sans Extended9 styles
- फ़ेड्रा सैंसFedra Sans5 styles