Typography of Devanagari by B.S. Naik 1971 (a three volume set) may have what you want. I used to have a pdf of this, but I can't locate it. If anyone sends this to you, please also forward it to me.
Harry Spier On Fri, May 10, 2024 at 1:38 PM Herman Tull via INDOLOGY < [email protected]> wrote: > > Does anyone have any information on the history of typography used for > Euro-American Sanskrit-devanagari texts from the late 19th and early 20th > centuries? In some printed volumes I notice a mix between using the > "Calcutta" style and the "Bombay" style of letters. (For a highly readable > article on the difference between the two, see: > https://gazette.universalthirst.com/home/the-story-of-the-devanagari-letter) > This is particularly noticeable in Lanman's *Reader* which has the > "Calcutta" style for "a / ā"; "ṇa"; and "śa"; but the "Bombay" style for > "la" and "kṣa." > > Any information would be appreciated. > > with regards, > > Herman > > *Herman Tull, PhD* > *Princeton, NJ* > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology >
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