Bangla Fonts
I am listing only fonts that are unicode-compliant. These can be divided into proprietary, free, and shareware categories. The free fonts have been made publically available, usually under a "copy left" license like the GPL. A number of them have been collected by the Free Bangla Fonts Project. Companies like Microsoft and Adobe also produce font sets, but release them under more restrictive licenses.
Each font presented below includes a picture of what the font should look like. Beneath that is the same text, but written as characters. A "style" directive instructs the browser to print the text in the appropriate font. If you have the font installed and your browser can handle the unicode fonts properly, the picture and the text for each font should look about the same. If they do not match up, download corresponding font from the links below, install the font, and then try reloading this page to see if the problem has corrected.
| Font Name: Vrinda |
Sample:  |
| Test Text: এক দুই তিন চার পাঁচ ছয় |
| Source: Microsoft |
| Comment: This font is part of the XP distribution. You may need to enable "Indic fonts" under the Regional Settings menu of the Control Panel. |
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| Font Name: Akaash |
Sample:  |
| Test Text: এক দুই তিন চার পাঁচ ছয় |
| Source: Free Bangla Fonts Project |
| Comment: The fonts available from the Bangla Fonts project are compressed in tarball format. |
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| Font Name: Ani |
Sample:  |
| Test Text: এক দুই তিন চার পাঁচ ছয় |
| Source: Free Bangla Fonts Project |
| Comment: Ani is thinner than other fonts, and may be a bit more difficult to read, particularly when the font size is small. The font has an italic slant to it. |
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| Font Name: Likhan |
Sample: |
| Test Text: এক দুই তিন চার পাঁচ ছয় |
| Source: Free Bangla Fonts Project |
| Comment: In the same way that Ani gives the impression of being italic, this font is heavy, almost bold. |
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| Font Name: Mukti Narrow |
Sample: |
| Test Text: এক দুই তিন চার পাঁচ ছয় |
| Source: Free Bangla Fonts Project |
| Comment: Mukti Narrow is a modern, austere font. |
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| Font Name: SolaimanLipi |
Sample:  |
| Test Text: এক দুই তিন চার পাঁচ ছয় |
| Source: Free Bangla Fonts Project |
| Comment: This is a rounded font, and with pronounced curls; if Bangla had serif fonts, this would be it. |
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| Font Name: Rupali |
Sample:  |
| Test Text: এক দুই তিন চার পাঁচ ছয় |
| Source: Free Bangla Fonts Project |
| Comment: Like Ani, this font is relatively light. |
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| Font Name: Code 2000 |
Sample: |
| Test Text: এক দুই তিন চার পাঁচ ছয় |
| Source: James Kass |
| Comment: The Code2000 character set consisted of more than sixty thousand glyphs at the time this review was written. This font is a must for multilingual websites. The font is available for download and trial, but the author requests a small contribution if you continue to use the font. |
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