সামান্তরিক / samantarik

A Monospace Bangla font experiment.

Notes

Warning

this is a prototype, dont blame me if your display explodes.

naming pattern: SamantarikProto-<Mode>``<Width>``<Variant>-<Style>

eg, SamantarikProto-G75se-Regular.ttf -> mode G, width 75, variants s and e, style Regular

Each variation applies different cell-counting rules to attempt best display on different terminals or editors.

Modes (cells per cluster):

B: N-cell for N-component clusters, except non-spacing marks and ZWJ/ZWNJ count for 0 C: 1 cell per cluster regardless of component count T: 1 cell for single letter and 2 cells per cluster W: min(2, B) cells per cluster

(blank): clusters centered in its allocated cell range s: spread: each component takes its own cells f: fill: each spacing vowel sign gets half a cell and base gets the rest e: taller (height 115%) for slightly better balance with latin text

C seems to work best so far with kitty and neovim (vim doesnt like any of these).

Editing is often broken. Issues and suggestions always welcome.

Source code, documentation, build pipeline

look over there -> *hides*

License

TBD.

based on Anek Bangla's glyphs which is OFL-licensed.