Gujarati Type Foundry

ARK https://n2t.net/ark:54728/rtd-o-000015

Kind

Type foundry

Also known as

GTF

Place

Mumbai, India

Years

1900–

Metal type foundry in Bombay, founded in October 1900 by Ichharam Suryaram Desai and Maganlal Thakordas Modi, casting Indian-script types.

Typefaces

• Anant Shaded
• Manaji
• Narmad Initials
• New Style Anant
• Peshwa

People

• Anant Chariaffiliated; designer: Anant Shaded
• Anant Salaskaraffiliated; designer: New Style Anant
• Ichharam Suryaram Desaiaffiliated
• Manilal Chhaganlal Modiaffiliated
• Narayan Sonuaffiliated

Sources

• Typography of Devanagari, Volume One, pp. 314–316 (Bapurao S. Naik)
• Print History: Gujarati Type Foundry - Print Patriots (Murali Ranganathan) (archived copy)
• From the Collection: Gujarati Type Foundry’s 1937 Specimen Book - Letterform Archive (archived copy)
• Samples of Gujarati Type - Gujarati Type Foundry (Salomi Desai) - The Universal Thirst Gazette (archived copy)

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