Sanskrit 2003
The Sanskrit 2003 font provides a rich set of conjunct consonants (sandhyakṣarāḥ) and looks really good, if you like classic Devanagari typefaces in the tradition of the Nirṇaya Sāgara Press.
Sanskrit 2003 was created under the aegis of the Omkarananda Ashram, near Rishikesh. The font is freely downloadable from the Omkarananda Ashram website, on this page:
Or directly by clicking this link:
Terms of Distribution
In 2017 I corresponded with the Omkarananda Ashram in order to clarify whether their font was covered by a free-use license. Here is their reply:
Info (OAH) <info@omkarananda-ashram.org>
Sun, 12 Feb 2017, 05:12
Dear Dominik Wujastyk,
Thank you for your email.
We do not know about this licensing stuff, but the Sanskrit 2003 font is made available freely to anyone to use.
With kind regards,
Swami Satchidananda
Omkarananda Ashram Himalayas
Muni-ki-reti, Rishikesh, India
I tried to get more clarity and to get the Ashram to specify a modern license to formalise their statement but I received no further responses. I have some sympathy with their unwillingness to get tangled up in licensing terms, however helpful that might be for others.
The Swamiji and the Ashram are being extremely generous in making this superb font available freely to all, and I personally thank them very much indeed. In spite of the growing choice of Devanagari fonts, I usually come back to Sanskrit 2003.
