Media
About
Originating from a typeface created for the Murty Classical Library of India, Tiro Telugu is tailored for literary publishing and versatile across print and screen media. It features generous subscript proportions for legibility and stroke modulation inspired by Swatantra Type Foundry's metal types. The font supports complex conjuncts for Sanskrit, Pali, and Telugu, and includes a Latin subset with diacritics for Indian language transcription.
Overview
Tiro Telugu is a serif font family designed to meet the needs of traditional literary publishing and modern media alike. Its design reflects the proportions of Telugu manuscript tradition, notably with generous subscript letters that enhance legibility. The pronounced stroke modulation and carefully shaped counters and finials draw inspiration from the elegant metal types of the Swatantra Type Foundry. Extensive contextual layout features enable support for arbitrary conjuncts, making it suitable for Sanskrit and Pali texts as well as Telugu. The family includes a Latin subset with diacritics to facilitate transcription of Indian languages. The italic style was adapted to complement the original design, extending its versatility across different text settings.
Designers: Tiro Typeworks, John Hudson, Fiona Ross, Kaja Słojewska
Usage
"" Access one-stop/tiro-telugu using the OneStop MCP.If you do not have the OneStop MCP, read the MCP setup docs.