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Legacy Nepali font

Kantipur font, free download.

Kantipur is a legacy Nepali font associated with government forms, publications, and administrative documents. Like Preeti it uses a pre-Unicode encoding, so it is best kept for documents and layouts that must stay exactly as typed.

Install Kantipur in three steps

  1. 1

    Download the kantipur.zip file below.

  2. 2

    Extract the archive to get the TrueType (KANTIPUR.ttf) file.

  3. 3

    Windows: right-click the .ttf and choose Install, or copy it into C:\Windows\Fonts. macOS: double-click the .ttf and click Install Font. Then type with the traditional Nepali (Remington) layout - the text appears in Kantipur.

Kantipur FAQ

Is the Kantipur font free to download?

Yes. Kantipur here is free to download and use - no signup, no ads.

How do I install the Kantipur font?

Download kantipur.zip, extract it, then on Windows right-click the .ttf and choose Install (or copy it into C:\Windows\Fonts). On macOS, double-click the .ttf and click Install Font.

Does Kantipur work on phones and websites?

Kantipur is a pre-Unicode font, so it only renders where the font is installed. For anything digital, convert the text to Unicode first.

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