Gautami (typeface)
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| Category | Sans-Serif |
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| Designer(s) | Raghunath Joshi (Type Director), Omkar Shende[1] |
| Foundry | Microsoft Corporation |
| Date released | 2001 |
Gautami is a Microsoft Windows typeface used to display Telugu script.[2] Versions of it have been supplied in Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8.[1] It contains Unicode support for the following ranges:[1]
The name "Gautami" was given by Radhika Mamidi, a resource person for Telugu, from National Centre for Software Technology itself, working with R K Joshi's team. It refers to the tributary "Gautami" of Godavari River. Gautami and Godavari rivers have a deep emotional connection with Telugu speaking community. Hence, the name of this typeface seems apt.
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