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Every ghwadh weight, side by side

One legacy Gurmukhi family stretched across nine distinct cuts — body-friendly, bold, compact, decorative and traditional. Preview them all instantly and download whichever fits your layout, completely free.

Type Once · Compare Nine Cuts

One family. Nine takes on the same words.

Because every font here shares the same ghwadh root, this is the easiest page on the site to compare weight and spacing side by side — from ghwadh_5's everyday strokes to ghwadh_9's ornamental poster cut. Adjust size and colour and every preview updates instantly.

Anything you type will be translated into Gurmukhi in the preview below

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Tip: copy the ASCII code shown beneath each preview
One family, mapped out

How the nine ghwadh cuts differ

Rather than jumping between unrelated typefaces, List 3 lets you dial in exactly how much weight, spacing or ornament you need from a single Gurmukhi family. Each name below renders in its own font — scroll up to try any of them with your own text.

Clean & readable

ghwadh_5 & ghwadh_6

Even, legible strokes suited to long-form Punjabi text and body copy.

Bold headline

ghwadh_7 & ghwadh_8

Slightly bolder cuts ideal for headings, banners and section titles.

Decorative

ghwadh_9

A more ornamental style commonly used on posters and video thumbnails.

Compact

ghwadhc9

Tighter character spacing that suits dense, space-constrained layouts.

Modified

ghwadhm5 & ghwadhm9

Adjusted variants tuned for sharper rendering in digital previews.

Traditional

ghwadht5

A classic cut that matches the look of older, legacy Punjabi applications.

Picking the right cut

Which ghwadh weight fits your project?

Because all nine styles share the same underlying letterforms, choosing between them mostly comes down to where the text will end up. Here's a quick guide.

01

Posters, banners & hoardings

Bolder cuts like ghwadh_7, ghwadh_8 and the decorative ghwadh_9 hold up well at large sizes, a common pick for street-level signage.

02

Wedding cards & invitations

Cleaner weights such as ghwadh_5 and ghwadh_6 pair well with ornamental card layouts and gold-foil printing.

03

Religious & Gurbani publications

Traditional and compact cuts like ghwadht5 and ghwadhc9 are frequently used in devotional print runs, where legibility at small sizes matters most.

04

YouTube thumbnails & channel art

The modified ghwadhm5 and ghwadhm9 cuts export cleanly as PNGs for creators who need a quick Punjabi title card.

Before you download

Why won't ghwadh text show up everywhere?

Like most classic Punjabi typefaces, the whole ghwadh family is legacy, non-Unicode — meaning it maps Gurmukhi characters onto custom ASCII key positions instead of the standard Unicode block that browsers expect by default.

Modern Unicode fonts Recommended for web

  • Text stays editable, searchable and copy-pasteable everywhere
  • Renders correctly on any device with no font installed
  • Readable by screen readers and indexable by search engines

Legacy fonts This page

  • Tied to a specific keyboard/ASCII mapping — only displays correctly with the matching font installed
  • Still the standard in many printing presses and older DTP workflows
  • Best used for print, not for pasting straight into social captions
Before you go

Common questions about the ghwadh family

Is any font in this family Unicode?

No — all nine, from ghwadh_5 through ghwadht5, are legacy, non-Unicode fonts. They display correctly only where the matching TTF is installed, so they're a better fit for print and design software than for pasting straight into a social caption.

What do I actually do with the ASCII code under each preview?

Copy it and paste it into a document or design tool that has the matching font installed — that font's own key mapping turns the ASCII back into the correct Gurmukhi shapes on screen.

Can I grab the raw TTF files instead of just previewing?

Yes — each preview card includes a TTF download button next to the HD PNG and HD Transparent image export options.

Why is one family split across a page of its own?

Grouping related cuts together, rather than mixing dozens of unrelated typefaces on one page, makes it much easier to compare weights within the same family side by side.

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