# Kalam font

> Steeply slanted felt-tip handwriting for Devanagari and Latin, in Light, Regular and Bold.

Kalam is a handwriting-style typeface from the Indian Type Foundry that supports the Devanagari and Latin scripts. Kalam has three weights, Light 300, Regular 400 and Bold 700, and 1,027 glyphs, including many Devanagari conjuncts. It is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and is used for informal notes, cards and headings in both scripts.

## Facts

- Classification: [Handwriting](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/handwriting)
- Designed by: Indian Type Foundry
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 3 (Light 300, Regular 400, Bold 700)
- Variable font: No
- Glyphs: 1027
- Character sets: devanagari, latin, latin-ext
- Last updated: 2025-09-11
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Kalam
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/kalam
- Tagged for: Invitations, Casual, Social media

## About Kalam

Kalam is a handwriting typeface for two scripts, Devanagari and Latin. The letters lean sharply to the right and look as if written quickly with a thin felt-tip or ballpoint pen: strokes are even, ends are rounded, and the Latin letters stay unconnected. Although the forms come from everyday handwriting, the fonts were tuned for text on screen. The Indian Type Foundry first published the family in 2014; Lipi Raval designed the Devanagari and worked with Jonny Pinhorn on the Latin. There are three weights, Light, Regular and Bold, as static files, with no separate italic. Each font holds 1,027 glyphs, a large share of them Devanagari conjuncts, while the Latin part covers Western European languages and, through the Latin Extended set, languages such as Polish, Czech and Turkish. Version 2.001, from July 2015, improved the OpenType features.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright (c) 2014, Indian Type Foundry (info@indiantypefoundry.com).

Allowed:
- Use the fonts in personal and commercial work, in print, on the web and in apps.
- Modify the fonts and build new versions from them.
- Redistribute the fonts, on their own or bundled with software, as long as the license text and copyright notice go with them.

Conditions:
- The fonts cannot be sold by themselves.
- A modified version must stay under the same license and cannot use a Reserved Font Name without the copyright holder's permission.
- The authors' names cannot be used to promote a modified version without permission.

Summary only, not legal advice. Full text: https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/

## Where it works

- **Handwritten notes in an interface**: Tuned for screens, Kalam can set comments, tips or sticky-note style callouts next to a regular text face.
- **Devanagari and English together**: Both scripts were drawn as one design, so a bilingual card or poster keeps the same pen stroke throughout.
- **Greeting cards and invitations**: The fast, slanted writing gives names and short messages a personal tone.
- **Emphasis within handwriting**: Light, Regular and Bold allow a heading and a note in the same hand, which most handwriting fonts cannot do.
- **Captions on social media graphics**: Bold 700 stays visible when a short caption is placed over a photo.

## Things to know

- **No italic**: Kalam is already slanted by design. The family has upright files only, in three weights.
- **Static files**: Kalam is not a variable font; Light, Regular and Bold are separate files.
- **Scripts covered**: The character sets are Devanagari, Latin and Latin Extended. Cyrillic, Greek and Vietnamese are not included.

## FAQs

### Is Kalam free for commercial use?

Yes. Kalam is published under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which allows use in personal and commercial work, modification and redistribution. The font cannot be sold on its own, and modified versions stay under the same license.

### Who designed Kalam?

Kalam was developed for the Indian Type Foundry by Lipi Raval and Jonny Pinhorn. Raval designed the Devanagari, and the two worked together on the Latin.

### How many weights does Kalam have?

Kalam has three weights: Light 300, Regular 400 and Bold 700. There is no italic.

### Does Kalam support Devanagari?

Yes. Kalam was designed for Devanagari and Latin, and many of its 1,027 glyphs are Devanagari conjuncts.

### Which languages does Kalam support?

Kalam includes a Devanagari character set and the Latin letters needed for English, French, German, Spanish, Polish, Czech and Turkish, among others.

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Source: https://trendhub.net/fonts/kalam (trendhub)