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»Inknut Antiqua« is an Antiqua typeface for literature and long-form text.
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Approaching the idea of web-publishing as a modern day <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_press" target="_blank">private press</a>, it is designed to evoke Venetian incunabula and humanist manuscripts, but with the quirks and idiosyncrasies of the kinds of typefaces you find in this artisanal tradition.
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It comes with a complement of typographical sorts and OpenType features for the purpose.
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The proportions of Inknut Antiqua make it well suited for low-resolution screens.
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The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminalia_chebula" target="_blank">Inknut (Terminalia Chebula),</a> called »harad« in Hindi, is a nut-like fruit that can be used for ink making and is purported to cure blindness.
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The tree it grows from is native to the Indian sub-continent and south-east Asia.
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The Inknut Antiqua project is led by Claus Eggers Sørensen, a type designer based in Amsterdam.
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To contribute, see <a href="https://github.com/clauseggers/Inknut-Antiqua">github.com/clauseggers/Inknut-Antiqua</a>
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