font-lohit ☆

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Type: Cask | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Fonts

Tags: fonts indian-scripts typography open-source devanagari bengali

Install: brew install --cask font-lohit

About:
Lohit is a comprehensive collection of open-source fonts developed by Red Hat, designed to support Indian languages and scripts. These fonts provide high-quality typography for Devanagari, Bengali, Tamil, and other regional languages, ensuring readability and cultural accuracy. They are widely used in Linux distributions and web applications to enable proper rendering of Indic text.

Key Features:

Support for multiple Indian scripts including Devanagari, Bengali, and Tamil
Open-source and freely available for use and modification
Optimized for screen readability and user interface integration

Use Cases:

Displaying Indian language text in web browsers and applications
Developing multilingual software requiring Indic script support

Alternatives:

Noto Sans – Google's font family with broader global language coverage, but Lohit is more specialized for Indian scripts.
Sanskrit 2003 – A font focused specifically on Devanagari, whereas Lohit offers a wider range of Indian scripts.

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