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AA Mudrā
AA Mudrā is a typeface reproducing the upright letterpress typeface "Khmer Batarde" from the Parisian foundry Deberny et Cie. Each letterform has been meticiously researched from archival material. No incosistency has been flattened out, making it the most authentic and faithful reproduction of the classic Deberny et Cie upright typeface.
Font styles
Batarde « Philosophie »
Batarde « Gros-Romain »
Paragraph
Batarde « Philosophie »
Batarde « Gros-Romain »
Superfamily features
Faithful reproduction
The typefaces are faithful reproductions of the original letterpress typesets which also means they contain slight imperfections observed from the original.
Lunar dates
Includes a mechanism which allows to easily type Khmer lunar dates. Learn here how to …
SS01: Alternate Chœng-Ro
Activate SS01 to use the non-encroaching Chœng-Ro.
SS02: Alternate Robat
Activate SS02 to use an alternative Robat.
SS04: Alternate Chœng-Da
Activate SS04 to use the old style Chœng-Da to distinguish from Chœng-Ta.
SS05: Stacked Sara Nissaya above Trīsabda
Activate stylistic set 6 to display an alternative Sara-Ou (ឳ) similar to the alternative Sara-Au (ឲ).
SS06: Alternative Sara-Ou
Activate stylistic set 6 to display an alternative Sara-Ou (ឳ) similar to the alternative Sara-Au (ឲ).
Write old style Sara Nissaya
Type a Bantak (់) after a Sara-Oe to replace the top Sara-Ī.
Mudrā Batarde features
Two optical sizes
As the original, Mudrā Batarde comes in two optical sizes: 18 and 34, suited for texts set in 18 and 34 Didot points respectively.
Visible letter construction
In the original, the 18 point Sara-Œu was constructed from two printing types and the Sara-Ie was just the cut-off version. This detail was preserved.
A very inconsistent Ddho (ឍ)
As observed in the original font, Dhho’s right part looks different for regular Byañjana, Sara-A ligature or Byañjana-Cheung.
Sources
Chuon Nāt: Dictionnaire Cambodgienne
Insitut Bouddhique, Phnom Penh 1967
Chetr Chhaem: Komātthān
Imprimerie Henri, Phnom Penh 1953
Nuon But: Accents et signes de ponctuation
Duksiddhi, Phnom Penh 1955
Seng, Nguon, Huot: Analyse Khmère
Phnom Penh 1957