

Our cars, our utensils, furniture have changed,’ he said and added that this should naturally be extended to Kannada scripts….

‘Has not the way we dress changed? The place we live, the way we look, have all changed. “He suggested that one should take a look at things around him or her. He claims that this is the first designer script exhibition of Kannada language…. It is the result of his 25-year effort to raise the visual appeal of Kannada script.

“He is here to organise “ Chandada Kannada” (beautiful Kannada), an exhibition, at Prasad Art Gallery in Ballalbagh in Mangalore from March 14 to 18. If you do, the good news is that there’s finally someone who has decided to do something about it: KIRAN RAO BATNI writes from Bangalore: Have you ever felt the need for funky Kannada fonts? Ever wondered when we’re going to have the Times New Romans, the Lucidas, the Trebuchets of Kannada? Ever felt jealous about how English has so many great-looking fonts while Kannada, boringly, seems to have so few?
