Irregularly spaced letters spelling “F R A NCISC VS” have caused a stir among typography nerds who specialize in spacing and fonts. One called them “an abomination unto design.” ...

Manjunatha R, 34, a resident of T Narasipur, and a lead designer serving in a firm in the city, has recently designed five new Kannada Unicode fonts with two styles.

Google has been using its Roboto font in one form or another for over a decade; it was first introduced alongside Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) as the default font for the company’s mobile OS.