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      "Ranuji Ravji Aru"
    ]
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  "death_year": "1922",
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      "name": "Nirnaya Sagar Press"
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  "bio": "Punchcutter who learnt from Thomas Graham and cut Devanagari founts for Javaji Dadaji's foundry in Bombay, including an 8-point degree face.",
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      "title": "Typography of Devanagari, Volume One, pp. 311–316 (Bapurao S. Naik)",
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      "publisher": "Directorate of Languages, Government of Maharashtra",
      "date": "1971",
      "language": "en"
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