# Modak font

> A very plump Devanagari and Latin display face from Ek Type, with hairline slits for counters.

Modak is a display typeface for Devanagari and Latin from Ek Type, drawn so heavy that the openings inside the letters shrink to thin slits. Modak Devanagari is by Sarang Kulkarni and Maithili Shingre and the Latin by Noopur Datye. Modak has one Regular style with 1,228 glyphs and is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## Facts

- Classification: [Display](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/display)
- Designed by: Ek Type
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 1 (Regular 400)
- Variable font: No
- Glyphs: 1228
- Character sets: devanagari, latin, latin-ext
- Last updated: 2025-09-11
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Modak
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/modak
- Tagged for: Headlines, Posters, Rounded, Kids

## About Modak

Modak is a display typeface in which every letter is inflated until almost no white is left inside it. In the Latin specimen the bowls of a, e, o and d are reduced to short slits and commas of space, corners are fully rounded, and neighbouring letters nearly touch. According to the official notes the project started as hand-sketched heavy Devanagari letters whose curves merged into one another. Turning that into a font meant drawing several vowel signs to fit each consonant, letting the signs that follow a consonant overlap it, and redrawing every conjunct as one shape instead of assembling it from a pair of separate glyphs. The notes name Sarang Kulkarni and Maithili Shingre for the Devanagari and Noopur Datye for the Latin, with support from Girish Dalvi. The single Regular style contains 1,228 glyphs.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright (c) 2015 Ek Type (www.ektype.in)

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

- **Devanagari headlines**: The Devanagari character set, with conjuncts drawn as single shapes, sets short titles in a soft, heavy voice.
- **Sweets, snacks and toy packaging**: Rounded, puffed-up letters suggest something soft and edible, in line with the makers' own word for the design: sweet.
- **Children's titles**: Chubby forms without sharp corners suit book covers, game logos and party graphics.
- **Bilingual wordmarks**: Latin and Devanagari were drawn to the same weight, so a brand name matches in each script.
- **Stickers and badges**: A word or two fills a compact area almost solidly, which reads well on a small round sticker.

## Things to know

- **Only for large sizes**: The counters are thin slits. At small sizes they fill in and the letters turn into blobs.
- **One style**: Modak has a single style, Regular 400, and it is extremely heavy. There is no lighter companion.
- **Latin and Devanagari only**: The subsets are Devanagari, Latin and Latin Extended. Cyrillic and Greek are not included.

## FAQs

### Is Modak free for commercial use?

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

### Who designed Modak?

Modak comes from Ek Type. Sarang Kulkarni and Maithili Shingre drew the Devanagari, and Noopur Datye drew the Latin.

### Does Modak include Devanagari?

Yes. Modak contains a Devanagari character set in which every conjunct is drawn as a single glyph, alongside Latin and Latin Extended.

### How many weights does Modak have?

Modak has one weight, named Regular 400, although the design is very heavy.

### Which Latin languages does Modak cover?

Modak includes the letters needed for English and other Latin-script languages such as French, German, Spanish, Turkish, Polish and Romanian.

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