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  "scripts": [
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      "name": "Kirloskar Press"
    }
  ],
  "bio": "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.",
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      "title": "Typography of Devanagari, Volume Two, pp. 329–333, 407–409 (Bapurao S. Naik)",
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      "publisher": "Directorate of Languages, Government of Maharashtra",
      "date": "1971",
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      "url": "https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/101230/1/FR_PHS_DevArticle_29Aug21_02.pdf",
      "title": "Invisible hands: tracing the origins and development of the Devanagari Linotype - University of Reading",
      "type": "journal article",
      "publisher": "University of Reading",
      "language": "en",
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      "url": "https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co8726671/0-2-inch-composition-punches-for-vijapure-devanagari-typeface-series-number-742",
      "title": "0.2 inch composition punches for Vijapure Devanagari (typeface series number: 742) - Science Museum Group",
      "type": "archive or museum record",
      "publisher": "Science Museum Group",
      "language": "en"
    }
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  "created_at": "2026-10-19",
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