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Kohinoor LATIN Kohinoor LATIN Name: Kohinoor Kohinoor Latin is an elegant, low contrast Classification: Sans Serif humanist sans-serif suitable for both body Designer: Satya Rajpurohit and the display text. Kohinoor Latin comes Designed in: 2010 in 5 upright styles with their complementary Styles: 5 Romans + 5 Italics italics. Also part of the Kohinoor super family are further families covering the major Indian www.indiantypefoundry.com scripts, which are part of the MacOs system. — The Latin companion to ITF’s Kohinoor super family Kohinoor Kohinoor Latin is an elegant, low contrast humanist sans- serif suitable for both body and the display text. Kohinoor Latin comes in 5 upright styles with their complementary italics. Also part of the Kohinoor super family are further families covering the major Indian scripts, which are part of the MacOs. ITF — KOHINOOR LATIN WEIGHTS OVERVIEW ROMANS ITALICS 6 7 8 9 1 10 2 3 4 5 1 Kohinoor Light 6 Kohinoor Light Italic 2 Kohinoor Book 7 Kohinoor Book Italic 3 Kohinoor Demi 8 Kohinoor Demi Italic 4 Kohinoor Medium 9 Kohinoor Medium Italic 5 Kohinoor Bold 10 Kohinoor Bold Italic ITF — KOHINOOR LATIN WEIGHTS OVERVIEW LIGHT LIGHT ITALIC Mulletproøfed Balcōny Çaroŧ gamomaniacs Quirky spud boys can jam after zapping twenty-four worthy Polysixes. Astronomers announce the identification of GN-z11, the most distant BOOK BOOK ITALIC abandonment Cŷclopèntëne Kuŋdi Maŗble WHY SHOULDN’T A QUIXOTIC KAZAKH VAMPIRE JOG BAREFOOT? THE GROUND IS 2 MILES FROM LIVERPOOL LIME STREET RAILWAY noncommuter DEMI DEMI ITALIC School Parity Controvėrsial dumbfounded Bored? Craving a pub quiz fix? Why, just come to the Royal Soaker! Many fonts named Garamond are actually based on Jean Jannon’s MEDIUM MEDIUM ITALIC Mâth Ħerétic Senior Kazen Įlinkdama fechtuotojo špaga sublykčiojusi pragręžė apvalų arbūzą. 1956 – In Tbilisi, Georgia, Soviet military troops suppressed masses BOLD BOLD ITALIC Şwãger Råge Indifferently Vår sære Zulu fra badeøya spilte jo whist og quickstep i min taxi. Shahid Afridi's 45-ball century at the Green Park Stadium in 2005 ITF — KOHINOOR LATIN WEIGHTS OVERVIEW Legjelentősebb Een vlakke kristalstructuur Sign up today for our newsletter SWAN SONG modifikasiyası qrafit «Gipsy» Oh my, I appear to have dropped my elephant! HYDRANGEA § 8.3.4 Schliff Kaynakça — TRIPLE DISTILLED — Vulkaanilõõrid – teemantide transpordikoridorid ca. 1763 3n/25+79²≠46 Er zeigt Fluoreszenz und Phosphoreszenz und ist triboelektrisch. 2353 SILVER LAKE ROAD (140-mal größer) ITF — KOHINOOR LATIN KOHINOOR LIGHT + LIGHT ITALIC LIGHT LIGHT ITALIC 49 PT Humanism 49 PT Humanism & Elegance & Elegance LIGHT The Koh-i-Noor is a large, colourless diamond that was found near the city of LIGHT ITALIC After the 1739 invasion of Delhi by Nader Shah, the Shah of Persia, the treasury 8 PT Guntur, India, possibly in the 13th century. It weighed 793 carats uncut and was 8 PT of the Mughal Empire was looted by his army in an organised and thorough first owned by the Kakatiya dynasty. The stone changed hands several times acquisition of the Mughal nobility's wealth. Along with a host of valuable items, between various feuding factions in South Asia over the next few hundred including the Daria-i-Noor, as well as the Peacock Throne, the Shah also carried years, before ending up in the possession of Queen Victoria after the British away the Koh-i-Noor. He allegedly exclaimed ‘Koh-i-Noor!’ when he finally LIGHT LIGHT ITALIC 14 PT The diamond’s new owner, Maharaja Ranjit 14 PT The diamond’s new owner, Maharaja Ranjit Singh, willed the diamond to the Hindu Singh, willed the diamond to the Hindu temple of Jagannath in Puri, in modern- temple of Jagannath in modern-day Odisha, day Odisha, India. However, after his death India. However, after his death in 1839, the in 1839, the East India Company did not East India Company did not execute his will. execute his will. In March 1849, following the In March 1849, following the conclusion of conclusion of the Second Anglo-Sikh War, the Second Anglo-Sikh War, a British flag a British flag was raised over the citadel of was raised over the citadel of Lahore and the LIGHT THE DULL DIAMOND IN THE QUEEN MOTHER'S CROWN LIGHT ITALIC THE DULL DIAMOND IN THE QUEEN MOTHER'S CROWN 10 PT 10 PT In 1852, Prince Albert, the husband of Queen Victoria, unhappy In 1852, Prince Albert, the husband of Queen Victoria, unhappy with the diamond’s dull and irregular appearance, ordered it with the diamond’s dull and irregular appearance, ordered it cut down from 186 carats. It emerged 42% lighter as a dazzling cut down from 186 carats. It emerged 42% lighter as a dazzling oval-cut brilliant weighing 105.6 carats. By modern standards, oval-cut brilliant weighing 105.6 carats. By modern standards, the cut is far from perfect, in that the culet is unusually broad, the cut is far from perfect, in that the culet is unusually broad, LIGHT The Koh-i-Noor's origins and early history It remained in the Khilji dynasty and later passed LIGHT ITALIC The Koh-i-Noor's origins and early history It remained in the Khilji dynasty and later 7 PT have not been conclusively established. to the succeeding dynasties of the Delhi Sultan- 7 PT have not been conclusively established. passed to the succeeding dynasties of the Delhi ate, until it came into the possession of Babur, Sultanate, until it came into the possession of By some accounts, it was a royal treasure By some accounts, it was a royal treasure a Turco-Mongol warlord, who invaded India and Babur, a Turco-Mongol warlord, who invaded India LIGHT as far back as 3000 BC. Maybe it came LIGHT ITALIC as far back as 3000 BC. Maybe it came 6 PT established the Mughal Empire in 1526. He called 6 PT and established the Mughal Empire in 1526. He from the Kollur Mine in the Guntur District the stone the “Diamond of Babur” at the time, from the Kollur Mine in the Guntur District called the stone the “Diamond of Babur” at the of present-day Andhra Pradesh, India, although it had been called by other names before of present-day Andhra Pradesh, India, time, although it had been called by other names ITF — KOHINOOR LATIN KOHINOOR BOOK + BOOK ITALIC BOOK BOOK ITALIC 49 PT Humanism 49 PT Humanism & Elegance & Elegance BOOK The Koh-i-Noor is a large, colourless diamond that was found near the city of BOOK ITALIC After the 1739 invasion of Delhi by Nader Shah, the Shah of Persia, the 8 PT Guntur, India, possibly in the 13th century. It weighed 793 carats uncut and 8 PT treasury of the Mughal Empire was looted by his army in an organised and was first owned by the Kakatiya dynasty. The stone changed hands several thorough acquisition of the Mughal nobility's wealth. Along with a host of times between various feuding factions in South Asia over the next few valuable items, including the Daria-i-Noor, as well as the Peacock Throne, the hundred years, before ending up in the possession of Queen Victoria after the Shah also carried away the Koh-i-Noor. He allegedly exclaimed ‘Koh-i-Noor!’ BOOK BOOK ITALIC 14 PT The diamond’s owner, Maharaja Ranjit Singh, 14 PT The diamond’s owner, Maharaja Ranjit Singh, willed the diamond to the Hindu temple willed the diamond to the Hindu temple of Jagannath in Puri, in modern-day Odisha, of Jagannath in Puri, in modern-day Odisha, India. However, after his death in 1839, the India. However, after his death in 1839, the East India Company did not execute his will. East India Company did not execute his will. In March 1849, following the conclusion of In March 1849, following the conclusion of the Second Anglo-Sikh War, a British flag was the Second Anglo-Sikh War, a British flag was raised over the citadel of Lahore (Pakistan). raised over the citadel of Lahore (Pakistan). BOOK THE DULL DIAMOND IN THE QUEEN MOTHER'S CROWN BOOK ITALIC THE DULL DIAMOND IN THE QUEEN MOTHER'S CROWN 10 PT 10 PT In 1852, Prince Albert, the husband of Queen Victoria, unhappy In 1852, Prince Albert, the husband of Queen Victoria, unhappy with the diamond’s dull and irregular appearance, ordered with the diamond’s dull and irregular appearance, ordered it it cut down from 186 carats. It emerged 42% lighter as a cut down from 186 carats. It emerged 42% lighter as a dazzling dazzling oval-cut brilliant weighing 105.6 carats. By modern oval-cut brilliant weighing 105.6 carats. By modern standards, standards, the cut is far from perfect, in that the culet is the cut is far from perfect, in that the culet is unusually broad, BOOK The Koh-i-Noor's origins and early history It remained in the Khilji dynasty and later passed BOOK ITALIC The Koh-i-Noor's origins and early history It remained in the Khilji dynasty and later passed 7 PT have not been conclusively established. to the succeeding dynasties of the Delhi Sultan- 7 PT have not been conclusively established. to the succeeding dynasties of the Delhi Sultan- ate, until it came into the possession of Babur, ate, until it came into the possession of Babur, By some accounts, it was a royal treasure By some accounts, it was a royal treasure a Turco-Mongol warlord, who invaded India and a Turco-Mongol warlord, who invaded India and BOOK as far back as 3000 BC. Maybe it came BOOK ITALIC as far back as 3000 BC. Maybe it came 6 PT established the Mughal Empire in 1526.
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