Typography is an essential part of creating a readable and beautiful website, especially when it comes to non-Latin scripts like Bangla (Bengali). Unfortunately, web developers and content creators have long struggled with properly displaying Bangla fonts on websites without sacrificing performance or compatibility. Finding fonts, converting them, hosting them, and loading them efficiently has always been a challenge.
To solve this problem once and for all, I’ve created the Bangla Font CDN — a completely free and developer-friendly solution that allows anyone to embed Bangla fonts on their websites with just a few lines of code. Whether you are building a Bangla blog, an educational site, a newspaper portal, or just want to support the Bangla language online, this CDN will save you time and effort.
What is Bangla Font CDN?
Bangla Font CDN is an open-source project hosted on GitHub, designed to deliver Bangla fonts through a free CDN (Content Delivery Network). This CDN is powered by both GitHub Pages and jsDelivr — making it fast, globally available, and reliable.
Currently, the project includes 12 of the most popular and widely used Bangla fonts, each available in WOFF2 format (optimized for web usage) along with a corresponding CSS file. With this setup, web developers can easily integrate these fonts into any HTML or CSS project without needing to host the font files themselves.
How It Works
The Bangla Font CDN works like any traditional web font service. Each font is organized in its own folder inside the GitHub repository. Inside each folder, there’s a compressed WOFF2 font file and a font.css file that defines the @font-face rule needed to load the font.
Please Check the licenses for fonts before using them.
To use any font, you simply include the appropriate link in your HTML or CSS. For example, if you want to use the “Adorsho Lipi” font, all you need to do is copy and paste the following line into your <head> section:
<link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/icebear65/bangla-font-cdn@main/font/adorsho-lipi/font.css" rel="stylesheet">
Code language: HTML, XML (xml)You can also import the font directly into your stylesheet using:
@import url('https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/icebear65/bangla-font-cdn@main/font/adorsho-lipi/font.css');
Code language: CSS (css)Once included, you can apply the font in your CSS like this:
body {
font-family: 'Adorsho Lipi', sans-serif;
}
Code language: CSS (css)Just replace 'Adorsho Lipi' with any other supported font name from the list. This simple method allows you to switch between different Bangla fonts seamlessly, without worrying about hosting or loading speeds.
Bangla Font Collection
At launch, the Bangla Font CDN supports the following fonts:
- Adorsho Lipi
- Apona Lohit
- Baloo Da 2
- Bangla
- Bensen Handwriting
- Ekushey Lohit
- Kalpurush
- Mukti
- Nikosh
- Noto Serif Bengali
- Siyam Rupali
- Solaiman Lipi
Each of these fonts has been optimized for the web, ensuring fast loading times and broad browser support. The collection will grow over time, as more fonts are converted and added.
Previewing Fonts in Real Time
To help users choose the best font for their project, I’ve also created a dedicated font preview page. This page displays a powerful Bangla verse in each font style so users can visually compare the appearance of each typeface in a real-world setting.
The text used for the preview is:
আমি উন্মাদ, আমি উন্মাদ!!
আমি চিনেছি আমারে
আজিকে আমার খুলিয়া গিয়াছে সব বাঁধ!!
This meaningful poetic excerpt provides a rich display of Bangla typography and ensures that users can see how the fonts handle punctuation, line breaks, and emotion through design.
The preview page is styled with a dark background to bring more contrast and elegance to each font. You can visit it here:
Who Can Benefit?
Whether you are a blogger writing in Bangla, a web designer creating multilingual sites, or a student building your personal portfolio, this project is designed to be useful for everyone. It’s particularly helpful for:
- Bangla news portals
- Personal or poetry blogs
- Educational websites and e-learning platforms
- Online magazines
- Government and NGO websites in Bangladesh or West Bengal
- Developers who want to support Unicode Bangla properly
Open-Source & Free for Everyone
The Bangla Font CDN project is entirely open-source. You can explore the full codebase and font library on GitHub. All fonts included are either open-source or free for personal and commercial use. However, it’s always a good idea to verify licensing if you’re using them in commercial products.
If you’re a developer, designer, or typographer and you want to contribute, I warmly welcome pull requests. You can fork the repository, add new fonts (in the same folder structure), and submit your contributions to help this community grow.
Explore the project on GitHub here:
https://github.com/icebear65/bangla-font-cdn
Final Thoughts
Bangla is one of the most spoken languages in the world, yet its representation on the web is still catching up. With projects like Bangla Font CDN, we can move one step closer to making the Bangla internet not only accessible but also visually stunning.
If this project helps you, I’d love to hear your feedback. Share it with your community, star the GitHub repo, or contribute to the project. Let’s make Bangla typography better together.
For updates, suggestions, or to request new fonts, feel free to open an issue on GitHub or connect with me directly.
Let’s build a better, more beautiful Bangla web.
