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  <dc:title>Ganesh Pandurang Vijapure</dc:title>
  <dc:creator>Registry of Type Design</dc:creator>
  <dc:subject>type designer</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject>Devanagari</dc:subject>
  <dc:description>Devised the Vijapure Type for Devanagari, patented in 1929, and a linear scheme for the Linotype. Monotype issued Vijapure Devanagari; he designed the Ganesh typeface in 1960.</dc:description>
  <dc:publisher>O Foundation</dc:publisher>
  <dc:date>2026-10-19</dc:date>
  <dc:type>Text</dc:type>
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  <dc:identifier>rtd-p-000244</dc:identifier>
  <dc:identifier>https://rtd.theofdn.org/people/ganesh-pandurang-vijapure/</dc:identifier>
  <dc:identifier>https://n2t.net/ark:54728/rtd-p-000244</dc:identifier>
  <dc:source>Typography of Devanagari, Volume Two, pp. 329–333, 407–409 (Bapurao S. Naik): https://archive.org/details/naik-1971</dc:source>
  <dc:source>Invisible hands: tracing the origins and development of the Devanagari Linotype - University of Reading: https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/101230/1/FR_PHS_DevArticle_29Aug21_02.pdf</dc:source>
  <dc:source>0.2 inch composition punches for Vijapure Devanagari (typeface series number: 742) - Science Museum Group: https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co8726671/0-2-inch-composition-punches-for-vijapure-devanagari-typeface-series-number-742</dc:source>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:coverage>India</dc:coverage>
  <dc:rights>CC BY-SA 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/</dc:rights>
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