Panchanan Karmakar

ARK https://n2t.net/ark:54728/rtd-p-000036

Roles

punchcutter, type designer

Dates

? – 1804

Nationality

Indian

Punchcutter who created the first Bengali typeface in 1778 under Charles Wilkins, then the first Nagari (Devanagari) type in 1803 at the Serampore Mission Press, cutting type for 14 languages.

Sources

• Panchanan Karmakar - Banglapedia
• Panchanan, digital revival of the first Bengali typeface
• Panchanan, digitalisation project - TypeDrawers

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