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Ek Type

Ek Type is credited on 29 families in the library. The first was added in 2014 and the latest in 2024. By class: 16 sans serifs, 13 display faces. Of these, 20 are variable fonts.

The familiesIn order of addition, each name set in its own outlines

Ek MuktaSans serif · 2014 · weights 200–800 (7)

ModakDisplay · 2015 · weights 400

Baloo 2Display · 2016 · weights 400–800

Baloo Bhai 2Display · 2016 · weights 400–800

Baloo Bhaina 2Display · 2016 · weights 400–800

Baloo Chettan 2Display · 2016 · weights 400–800

Baloo Da 2Display · 2016 · weights 400–800

Baloo Paaji 2Display · 2016 · weights 400–800

Baloo Tamma 2Display · 2016 · weights 400–800

Baloo Tammudu 2Display · 2016 · weights 400–800

Baloo Thambi 2Display · 2016 · weights 400–800

Mukta VaaniSans serif · 2016 · weights 200–800 (7)

MuktaSans serif · 2017 · weights 200–800 (7)

Mukta MalarSans serif · 2017 · weights 200–800 (7)

Mukta MaheeSans serif · 2017 · weights 200–800 (7)

GotuSans serif · 2020 · weights 400

Baloo Bhaijaan 2Display · 2021 · weights 400–800

Anek BanglaSans serif · 2022 · weights 100–800

Anek DevanagariSans serif · 2022 · weights 100–800

Anek GujaratiSans serif · 2022 · weights 100–800

Anek OdiaSans serif · 2022 · weights 100–800

Anek TamilSans serif · 2022 · weights 100–800

Anek GurmukhiSans serif · 2022 · weights 100–800

Anek KannadaSans serif · 2022 · weights 100–800

Anek LatinSans serif · 2022 · weights 100–800

Anek MalayalamSans serif · 2022 · weights 100–800

Anek TeluguSans serif · 2022 · weights 100–800

JainiDisplay · 2024 · weights 400

Jaini PurvaDisplay · 2024 · weights 400

Range of the work

The lowercase runs from Baloo 2, the shortest at 469 units per 1,000 em, to Modak at 550. In width, Jaini is the narrowest (396) and Gotu the widest (558). Beyond Latin, the families cover eleven subsets: Arabic, Bengali, Devanagari, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Kannada, Malayalam, Odia, Tamil, Telugu, Vietnamese. Measured against the medians of their own classes, two of the 29 families with ascenders have a taller x-height, two of all 29 set a wider lowercase and 18 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
Modak	Display	+43	+18	+41 pts	400	3
Gotu	Sans serif	+5	+36	−7 pts	400	4
Jaini	Display	−13	−110	+6 pts	400	3
Jaini Purva	Display	−13	−110	+6 pts	400	3
Anek Bangla	Sans serif	−30	−43	+1 pts	100–800	3
Anek Devanagari	Sans serif	−30	−43	+1 pts	100–800	3
Anek Gujarati	Sans serif	−30	−43	+1 pts	100–800	3
Anek Gurmukhi	Sans serif	−30	−43	+1 pts	100–800	3
Anek Kannada	Sans serif	−30	−43	+1 pts	100–800	3
Anek Latin	Sans serif	−30	−43	+1 pts	100–800	3
Anek Malayalam	Sans serif	−30	−43	+1 pts	100–800	3
Anek Odia	Sans serif	−30	−43	+1 pts	100–800	3
Anek Tamil	Sans serif	−30	−43	+1 pts	100–800	3
Anek Telugu	Sans serif	−30	−43	+1 pts	100–800	3
Baloo 2	Display	−38	−17	−8 pts	400–800	4
Baloo Bhai 2	Display	−38	−17	−8 pts	400–800	4
Baloo Bhaijaan 2	Display	−38	−17	−8 pts	400–800	4
Baloo Bhaina 2	Display	−38	−17	−8 pts	400–800	4
Baloo Chettan 2	Display	−38	−17	−8 pts	400–800	4
Baloo Da 2	Display	−38	−17	−8 pts	400–800	4
Baloo Paaji 2	Display	−38	−17	−8 pts	400–800	4
Baloo Tamma 2	Display	−38	−17	−8 pts	400–800	4
Baloo Tammudu 2	Display	−38	−17	−8 pts	400–800	4
Baloo Thambi 2	Display	−38	−17	−8 pts	400–800	4
Ek Mukta	Sans serif	−49	−50	+5 pts	200–800 (7)	3
Mukta	Sans serif	−49	−50	+5 pts	200–800 (7)	3
Mukta Mahee	Sans serif	−49	−50	+5 pts	200–800 (7)	3
Mukta Malar	Sans serif	−49	−50	+5 pts	200–800 (7)	3
Mukta Vaani	Sans serif	−49	−50	+5 pts	200–800 (7)	3