Appaji Ambarisha Darbha
Appaji Ambarisha Darbha is credited on eight families in the library. The first was added in 2014 and the latest in 2025. By class: four sans serifs, two serifs, one handwriting face, one display face.
The familiesIn order of addition, each name set in its own outlines
PeddanaSerif · 2014 · weights 400
Tenali RamakrishnaSans serif · 2014 · weights 400
RamarajaSerif · 2015 · weights 400
Lakki ReddyHandwriting · 2015 · weights 400
Ravi PrakashDisplay · 2015 · weights 400
TimmanaSans serif · 2015 · weights 400
ChathuraSans serif · 2017 · weights 100–800 (5)SirivennelaSans serif · 2025 · weights 400
Range of the work
The lowercase runs from Chathura, the shortest at 294 units per 1,000 em, to Lakki Reddy at 560. In width, Chathura is the narrowest (234) and Lakki Reddy the widest (501). Beyond Latin, the families cover one subset: Telugu. Measured against the medians of their own classes, one of the eight families with ascenders have a taller x-height, one of all eight set a wider lowercase and five a darker one.
Against the class medianDifferences from the median of each family’s class, per 1,000 em; ink in percentage points
| Family | Class | x-height | Width | Ink | Weights | Subsets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakki Reddy | Handwriting | +115 | +83 | +1 pts | 400 | 2 |
| Timmana | Sans serif | −47 | −81 | +21 pts | 400 | 2 |
| Ramaraja | Serif | −93 | −93 | +16 pts | 400 | 2 |
| Ravi Prakash | Display | −99 | −45 | +6 pts | 400 | 2 |
| Sirivennela | Sans serif | −152 | −146 | −15 pts | 400 | 2 |
| Tenali Ramakrishna | Sans serif | −161 | −135 | −1 pts | 400 | 2 |
| Peddana | Serif | −166 | −188 | +3 pts | 400 | 2 |
| Chathura | Sans serif | −225 | −288 | −10 pts | 100–800 (5) | 2 |