Hindi Devanāgarī script wood type,

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Title

Hindi Devanāgarī script wood type,

Date

ca. 1950.

Description

Devanāgarī script (देवनागरी), one of the most widely used writing systems in the world, was developed from the Brahmi script that first appeared circa 3 BCE. It is now used for writing Hindi and many South Asian languages. The mid-20th-century Devanāgarī wood type in the RBS collection may have been used for printing signage or newspaper headlines.

Source

From the collection of Rare Book School