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Panchanan Karmakar
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inventor of wooden Bengali alphabet typeface
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Panchanan Karmakar (Mallick) (died c. 1804) was an Indian Bengali inventor, born at Tribeni, Hooghly, Bengal Presidency, British India, hailed from Serampore. He assisted Charles Wilkins in creating the first Bangla type. His metal Bengali alphabet and typeface had been used until Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar proposed a simplified version. Apart...