Monday, August 6, 2012

Hariprasad Lekhani font -- for notation writing in Hindustani classical Bhatkhande style.

Hi,

Its long time since I posted... Recently we finished our flute program "Gurupournima Utsav " in honour of our beloved Guruji Surmani Shri Vivek Sonar. Lots of preparations went in. I did my possible bits towards the program. Everyone performed awesome and Guruji liked it.
Here I would like to gift to my Guruji my small effort towards making a font only to write notations. This is almost like a beta version but as my colleagues confirmed it does its job fantastically. So I thought I would share it. Some how I felt that naming the font with the name of Guruji's , Guruji,  Padmavibhushan Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia would make him happy. So I named it "Hariprasad Lekhani ".

Its created using http://www.myscriptfont.com . Thanks to them to make it easy for us.(I do not intend to breach anybody's copyrights). Thanks to my friend Dr. Himanshu Ginde for testing this and suggesting corrections.

The punctuation mark keys function as normal. Few keys are left empty and I will try to put some useful stuff in it, in the next version. For now here is the keyboard layout to use this.



Link to download font "Hariprasad Lekhani " : (Click the below link and download will start.)
https://sites.google.com/site/musicalnotationsflute/HariprasadLekhani.ttf?attredirects=0&d=1

Here is what the font looks like.


Your comments and suggestions are source of my improvement areas. Please do comment and suggest.

Enjoy
Girish   
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31 comments:

  1. UnknownAugust 6, 2012 at 11:33 PM

    Very Nice...

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  2. Girish NeheteAugust 8, 2012 at 8:31 AM

    How to change the font on Android phone using Font Changer:

    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.martino2k6.fontchangerlite

    1. Once you’ve installed Font Changer, the application will create a folder named “.font changer” automatically.

    2. Navigate to the folder using your computer.

    3. Download your desired font and paste it into the folder (.font changer). https://sites.google.com/site/musicalnotationsflute/HariprasadLekhani.ttf?attredirects=0&d=1

    4. Back to your phone, go to Font Changer.

    5. You will see the font there. Select the font.

    6. Choose apply when the menu pop up.

    7. Then, you will be prompted to reboot your system. It won’t take too long.

    Note: Font Changer works with TFF fonts only and root access is required.
    Thanks to for the above info.
    http://www.enfeuman.com/2011/05/26/how-to-change-font-on-android/

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  3. Ruchi GuptaJanuary 9, 2013 at 9:21 AM

    its very good but its difficult to write/type with hindi font& different taal system.can anybody help me?
    ruchi gupta
    research scholar in music vocal.

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    1. Girish NeheteSeptember 28, 2013 at 8:30 AM

      Hi Ruchi,
      This version of the font is just to convert your handwritten things to a readable soft copy. Writing with taal system will be in future version of the font . For now I would suggest use of some table to create the taal system and then fill in the swaras...
      Thanks for using.
      enjoy
      Girish

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    2. Vishwajeet chakravortyMay 27, 2020 at 5:43 AM

      If some more symbols are added then it will be useful for the musicians to write notations. like (-) dash should be some more bigger in size, small brackets upwards facing and downwards facing both of different sizes. Thanks for helping the musicians and Indian classical music.

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  4. Girish NeheteJanuary 10, 2013 at 8:47 AM

    Thanks Ruchi ji, I m working on it. I have same feedback from some other users too. I will post the new version once it is ready. Thanks for using. Please be patient, till further post.
    Thanks
    Girish

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  5. asmita mishraMarch 4, 2013 at 10:24 AM

    hallo sir, its a very nice work for the students who are typing their thesis in uni codes like me. i want to know how can i make a sign over swaras that is known as meend as in raag yaman meend is needed from P to re.. thank u so much for this code.. its really very useful.

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    1. Girish NeheteSeptember 28, 2013 at 3:22 AM

      Namaste !!
      I am afraid the font in its this form will not be able to do it. But as and when thats possible, I will keep it posted here. Thanks for using .

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    2. Vishwajeet chakravortyMarch 31, 2022 at 5:12 AM

      Dear sir the fornt is not getting downloaded. How to download it

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  6. ransSeptember 26, 2013 at 10:58 PM

    Thanks Girish for the fonts. I have used this and have made some developments in the same lines. Will you send me your email id to mine s01.ranjani@gmail.com so that I can share my work and result?

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  7. ransSeptember 28, 2013 at 1:23 AM

    I have developed unified font for both bhatkhande and paluskar paddhatis. This is an extension to Girish's work. Contact me at s01.ranjani@gmail.com for further details. I am willing to share my work as Girish has done.

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    1. Girish NeheteSeptember 28, 2013 at 8:25 AM

      Thanks for the Font you sent. Its really wonderful to know this font is helping everyone. I will put up a thread for rans' version of this font. I am sure many music learners will benefit from your work. and Thanks for your time a efforts.

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  8. UnknownOctober 10, 2013 at 5:31 PM

    Hi Girish

    Great work. It helped me. one question how do I get this fonts in iPad?

    Thanks

    Kulin Desai

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  9. Girish NeheteOctober 11, 2013 at 6:55 AM

    Hi Kulin,
    Thanks ! I will discuss with some of the Apple users and let you know. I never really thought it would go this far !! :) :)
    Enjoy
    Girish

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  10. DhatitDhaMarch 13, 2015 at 4:49 AM

    Hi Girish, your font is really helpful, could you please share "Rans" font, as you mentioned it is better. Thank you!

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  11. AnonymousMarch 23, 2015 at 10:29 PM

    Hello Girish,
    Possible for you to share some details on how you went about creating this font? Also, can you share this font, along with the one that "Rans" created?
    Thanks,
    Kiran

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  12. DhatitDhaJune 25, 2015 at 9:30 PM

    Hello,

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  13. UnknownAugust 10, 2015 at 1:19 AM

    Hi Girish,

    Is there any new development in this front? I am interested in this project because I am interested in creating an ebook on Hindustani music (and bansuri in particular).

    How can I contact you?

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  14. madhaviJanuary 25, 2017 at 8:29 AM

    Can't open this file pls explain

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  15. UnknownApril 11, 2017 at 5:01 AM

    Hello Girish ji, can I get a font developed by rans ? My email id is sandeeppateel02@gmail.com

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  16. UnknownMay 12, 2017 at 3:59 PM

    Hi Girish...I have been looking for this Bhatkhande style font for so many days, you done a wonderful job, I have just downloaded the font and trying to learn its use, I could not figure out how to club two or more notes together by start and stop of underline, cud u drop me a line in reply please...thank you...and wish you all the best...Arun

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  17. UnknownAugust 26, 2017 at 8:05 PM

    Hello,

    I have been working on a similar project, which I just released in open source: https://omenad.github.io/fonts/ome-bhatkhande-hindi/. Hope you find it useful.

    Thanks.
    Terence

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  18. UnknownAugust 23, 2018 at 5:54 AM

    HELLO ,
    FONT SHORT CUT KEY FOR MIND & 2 SWAR ONE UNDER LINE BRACKET

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  19. manish rajyaguruFebruary 26, 2019 at 11:13 AM

    nice

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  20. UnknownSeptember 5, 2019 at 1:05 AM

    Hello, I finally landed on this page searching for a way to type devnagari script Raags on my laptop. Now I am able to type some of my lessons on Microsoft word. However, I am still still finding it difficult to place some letters such as सा स + ा vertical line.

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  21. Yashwant ApteApril 22, 2020 at 5:45 AM

    Namskar,
    I am also flute lover/player. just downloadded the font with great curiosity. will let you know the result / experinece.
    Regards

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  22. Vishwajeet chakravortyApril 27, 2020 at 3:14 AM

    Using these fonts can we write any bandish in Microsoft word? I am new computer user. Can you suggest me the whole process please?

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  23. raj4777March 21, 2021 at 11:22 AM

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  24. raj4777March 21, 2021 at 11:23 AM

    Hello, I am unable to download the font, is the location changed?

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  25. RK ShrivastavaMay 29, 2021 at 8:07 PM

    The download location has changed. Can you please update it??

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  26. Pramod KumarSeptember 10, 2021 at 2:30 AM

    The font you have developed is a boon to music learners. I have used it earlier. Today, when I tried to download it, the font file was not found. Can you please upload it again. Thanks in advance.

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