# Fonts that support Devanagari > Open-license families for Hindi, Marathi, Nepali and other Devanagari-script languages, each with Latin letters in the same files. Devanagari is the script of Hindi, Marathi, Nepali and Sanskrit, read by several hundred million people. Its most visible feature is the horizontal line that runs along the top of each word, from which the letters hang. Underneath that calm surface it is one of the more demanding scripts to typeset. Consonants combine into conjuncts, vowel signs attach above, below, before and after the letter they modify, and some marks must be reordered when the text is displayed. A font therefore needs hundreds of extra glyphs and detailed shaping rules. When you compare families, look first at conjuncts. Some designs stack combined consonants vertically in the traditional way; others set them side by side with half-forms, which is more common in modern text and interfaces. Then check the marks above the headline, which need vertical room: Devanagari wants noticeably more line spacing than Latin at the same size. Stroke style matters as well. Traditional designs have pen-like contrast; monolinear ones match Latin sans-serifs and suit screens and small sizes. All the families here carry Latin letters beside the Devanagari, in most cases drawn to share weight and proportion, though a few have only a basic Latin set. Their notes quote each record. How these were chosen: Families whose records list Devanagari among the writing systems in the font files, spanning interface sans, text serifs and display designs. ## Fonts (18) - [Poppins](https://trendhub.net/fonts/poppins.markdown) (Sans Serif, 18 styles, OFL): Latin and Devanagari built from the same simple shapes, in nine weights with italics. - [Noto Sans](https://trendhub.net/fonts/noto-sans.markdown) (Sans Serif, 18 styles · variable, OFL): Devanagari beside Latin, Cyrillic and Greek, with weight and width axes. - [Hind](https://trendhub.net/fonts/hind.markdown) (Sans Serif, 5 styles, OFL): A Devanagari and Latin sans in five weights, built for user interfaces. - [Mukta](https://trendhub.net/fonts/mukta.markdown) (Sans Serif, 7 styles, OFL): A humanist, monolinear sans for Devanagari and Latin in seven weights. - [Yantramanav](https://trendhub.net/fonts/yantramanav.markdown) (Sans Serif, 6 styles, OFL): A Devanagari family drawn to match Roboto's style, in six weights. - [Palanquin](https://trendhub.net/fonts/palanquin.markdown) (Sans Serif, 7 styles, OFL): A Devanagari and Latin text sans in seven weights, the two scripts drawn side by side. - [Martel Sans](https://trendhub.net/fonts/martel-sans.markdown) (Sans Serif, 7 styles, OFL): A low-contrast sans for Devanagari and Latin in seven weights, made for long documents. - [Martel](https://trendhub.net/fonts/martel.markdown) (Serif, 7 styles, OFL): A Devanagari and Latin text serif in seven weights, its Devanagari made for immersive reading of long passages. - [Tiro Devanagari Hindi](https://trendhub.net/fonts/tiro-devanagari-hindi.markdown) (Serif, 2 styles, OFL): A literary text face for Devanagari with a Latin serif companion, in Regular and Italic. - [Eczar](https://trendhub.net/fonts/eczar.markdown) (Serif, 5 styles · variable, OFL): A lively serif for Latin and Devanagari, variable from Regular to ExtraBold. - [Halant](https://trendhub.net/fonts/halant.markdown) (Serif, 5 styles, OFL): A Devanagari and Latin serif in five weights from Light to Bold. - [Karma](https://trendhub.net/fonts/karma.markdown) (Slab Serif, 5 styles, OFL): A near-monoline Devanagari and Latin family with rounded slab serifs in five weights. - [Google Sans](https://trendhub.net/fonts/google-sans.markdown) (Sans Serif, 8 styles · variable, OFL): Devanagari among 25 subsets, in four weights with italics. - [Biryani](https://trendhub.net/fonts/biryani.markdown) (Sans Serif, 7 styles, OFL): A monolinear geometric sans in seven weights that sets Latin and Devanagari in one design. - [Sarala](https://trendhub.net/fonts/sarala.markdown) (Sans Serif, 2 styles, OFL): A humanist sans for Devanagari and Latin in Regular and Bold. - [Khula](https://trendhub.net/fonts/khula.markdown) (Sans Serif, 5 styles, OFL): A Devanagari text family in five weights, drawn as the companion to a humanist Latin sans; its own Latin is basic. - [Laila](https://trendhub.net/fonts/laila.markdown) (Sans Serif, 5 styles, OFL): An informal Devanagari and Latin family in five weights, with brush-shaped stroke endings. - [Modak](https://trendhub.net/fonts/modak.markdown) (Display, 1 style, OFL): A very plump Devanagari and Latin display face with hairline slits for counters. ## FAQs ### Do these fonts work for Marathi and Nepali as well as Hindi? They share the Devanagari script, but each language prefers a few different letterforms. Declare the language of the text, for example lang="mr" or lang="ne", so that fonts with localized forms in their OpenType locl feature can apply them, and test real content. ### Why does Devanagari text look cramped at my usual line height? Vowel signs and marks extend above and below the letters. Increase line height, often to 1.6 or more, until the marks clear the neighboring lines. ### Are these Devanagari fonts free for commercial use? Yes. All of them are under the SIL Open Font License, which allows commercial use and embedding. ## Related collections - [Fonts that support Thai](https://trendhub.net/fonts/for/fonts-with-thai-support.markdown) - [Fonts that support Arabic](https://trendhub.net/fonts/for/fonts-with-arabic-support.markdown) - [Clean sans-serif fonts for app interfaces](https://trendhub.net/fonts/for/app-interface-fonts.markdown) - [Fonts drawn from street signs and painted lettering](https://trendhub.net/fonts/for/street-sign-and-sign-painter-fonts.markdown) - [Fonts that support Cyrillic](https://trendhub.net/fonts/for/fonts-with-cyrillic-support.markdown) --- Source: https://trendhub.net/fonts/for/fonts-with-devanagari-support (trendhub)