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Ross, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1094-2961 (2024) Research and practice in designing type for diverse writing systems: some case studies of typeface designs for South Asian scripts 多样书写系统字体设计的研究与实践 —南亚文字字体设计案例研究 / 菲奥娜·罗斯. Print Culture, 13 (4). pp. 164-175. ISSN 2096-8922

Ross, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1094-2961 (2023) Murty Classical Library of India: some notes on the project’s collaborative type-design process for the Indian-script typefaces 머티 인도 고전 총서—인도 글자 활자체에 적용할 서체 디자인 협업 프로세스를 기록하다. GRAPHIC (50). pp. 214-228. (VOICE: Notes from the Typojanchi 2023 『그래픽』 #50 보이스: 타이포잔치 2023 메모들)

Ross, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1094-2961 and Savoie, A. (2022) Mujeres y tipografia. Texturas (48). pp. 73-81. ISSN 1887-3669 (ISBN 9788418941634)

Ross, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1094-2961 (2021) Invisible hands: tracing the origins and development of the Linotype Devanagari digital fonts. Journal of the Printing Historical Society, 3 (2). pp. 111-153. ISSN 0079-5321

Ross, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1094-2961 (2019) A pocketful of type: the impact of mobile phones on global type design. Type, Fall 2019 (4). pp. 24-33.

Ross, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1094-2961 (2018) Historical technological impacts on the visual representation of language with reference to South Asian typeforms. Philological Encounters, 3 (4). ISSN 2451-9189 doi: 10.1163/24519197-12340054

Ross, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1094-2961 (2006) A design for Sri Lanka. Building Letters, 3. pp. 20-23.

Ross, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1094-2961 (2005) Beyond Latin: a glimpse into the subject of Arabic and Indic lettershapes and digital typeforms. Circular, 13.

Ross, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1094-2961 (1998) Translating non-Latin scripts into type. Typography Papers, 3. pp. 75-86.

Ross, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1094-2961 (1993) The Bengali Types of Vincent Figgins. Matrix (13). pp. 205-212.

Ross, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1094-2961 (1989) From metal type to digital letterforms – a straightforward transition for Indian scripts? Matrix (9). pp. 129-136.

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Ross, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1094-2961 and Savoie, A. (2024) Women in Type: investigating women’s role in type-drawing offices, 1910-1990. In: Wilson, N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4843-840X, Battershill, C., Heywood, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6641-2065, Joseph, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3045-9897, La Penna, D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4197-0041, Southworth, H., Staveley, A. and Willson Gordon, E. (eds.) Edinburgh Companion to Women in Publishing, 1900-2000. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh. ISBN 9781399500340

Ross, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1094-2961 (2023) সুন্দর সাবলীল বাংলা হরফের খোঁজে. In: আনন্দ শতক. Anandabazar Patrika, Kolkata, pp. 394-397. ISBN 9789354253225

Ross, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1094-2961 (2022) Type-making over the years. In: Kudrnovská, L. (ed.) Building Ligatures: the power of type. TypeTogether, Prague, pp. 92-95. ISBN 9788090845404

Savoie, A. and Ross, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1094-2961 (2021) Dora Pritchett, Dora Laing, Patricia Saunders…the invisible women of Monotype’s Type Drawing Office. In: Levit, B. (ed.) Baseline Shift; Untold stories of women in graphic design history. Princeton Architectural Press, New York, pp. 110-119. ISBN 9781648960062

Ross, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1094-2961 (2021) Collections-based research to underpin best practice in typeface design for diverse scripts. In: Satalecka, E. and Połczyński, M. (eds.) Future Graphic Language: New Directions in Verbal Communication. Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology, Warsaw, pp. 72-83. ISBN 9788366831

Ross, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1094-2961 (2020) Non-Latin type design – some considerations. In: Barmettler, R. (ed.) Zurich Type Design. Triest Verlag, Triest. ISBN 9783038630432

Ross, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1094-2961 (2015) Aspects of typographic communication: notes on South Asian typeforms. In: Makinson, J. (ed.) Honoris Causa: Essays in Honour of Aveek Sarkar. Allen Lane, UK, pp. 47-77. ISBN 9780241248676

Ross, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1094-2961 (2015) The Murty Classical Library of India – a collaborative design project for Harvard University Press. In: Kudrnovska, L. (ed.) 365 Typo. Étapes, Paris, pp. 258-259. ISBN 9791095254003

Ross, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1094-2961 (2013) Digital typeface design and font development for twenty-first century Bangla language processing. In: Karim, M. A., Kaykobad, M. and Murshed, M. (eds.) Technical Challenges and Design Issues in Bangla Language Processing. IGI Global, Pennsylvania U.S.A., pp. 1-15. doi: 10.4018/978-1-4666-3970-6.ch001

Ross, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1094-2961 (2012) Non-Latin scripts: key issues in type design. In: Ross, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1094-2961 and Singh, V. (eds.) Non-Latin scripts: from metal to digital type. St Bride Library, London, UK, pp. 125-153.

Ross, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1094-2961 (2010) Indian type. In: Suarez, S.J., M. F. and Woudhuysen, H. R. (eds.) The Oxford Companion to the Book. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198606536 doi: 10.1093/acref/9780198606536.001.0001

Ross, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1094-2961 (2008) The Linotype Non-Latin Collection, University of Reading. In: Banham, R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2851-8090 and Ross, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1094-2961 (eds.) Non-Latin typefaces: at St Bride Library, London and Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, University of Reading. St Bride Library, London, UK, pp. 32-62.

Ross, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1094-2961 and Shaw, G. (2003) An unexpected legacy and its contribution to early Indian typography. In: Randle, J. and Berry, J. (eds.) Type and typography: highlights from Matrix. Mark Batty Publisher, New Jersey, pp. 169-181. ISBN 9780971568761

Ross, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1094-2961 (2002) Non-Latin typesetting in the digital age. In: Sassoon, R. (ed.) Computers and Typography. Intellect Books, Bristol, UK, pp. 42-53. ISBN 1-84150-049-6

Ross, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1094-2961 (2002) An approach to non-Latin type design. In: Berry, J.D. (ed.) Language, culture, type: international type design in the age of unicode. ATypI, New York, NY, pp. 67-75. ISBN 9781932026016

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Luna, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1556-1217, Ross, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1094-2961, Sherin, A., Singh, V. and Walker, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5942-1836, eds. (2025) The Bloomsbury handbook of global typography. Bloomsbury, London. (In Press)

Ross, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1094-2961, Luna, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1556-1217, Shaw, G. and Berry, J. (2012) Non-Latin scripts: from metal to digital type. St Bride Library, London, UK, pp160. ISBN 9780950416182

Ross, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1094-2961 (2009) The printed Bengali character and its evolution. Shishu Sahitya Samsad, Kolkata, India, pp251. ISBN 9788179551849

Banham, R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2851-8090 and Ross, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1094-2961 (2008) Non-Latin typefaces at St Bride Library, London and Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, University of Reading. St Bride Library, London, pp64. ISBN 0950416150

Ross, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1094-2961 (1999) The Printed Bengali character and its evolution. Curzon Press, Richmond, pp244. ISBN 0-7007-1135 X (First edition)

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Izadpanah, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4455-4350 and Ross, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1094-2961 (2019) Twentieth-century Persian newspaper types – investigating the design process. [Show/Exhibition]

Ross, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1094-2961 and Singh, V. (2014) Making news: type technologies in transition in newspapers across the world. [Show/Exhibition]

Ross, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1094-2961 and Singh, V. (2012) From hot-metal to OpenType – the type design process for world scripts. [Show/Exhibition]

Ross, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1094-2961 and Savoie, A. (2011) World Scripts, Selected Material from the Non-Latin Type Collection, the University of Reading. [Show/Exhibition]

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Ross, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1094-2961 (2017) Fonts for classical texts in a digital age. [Project] (Collection)

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Kshetrimayum, N., Ross, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1094-2961 and Gajjar-Bordawekar, K. (2023) ABPN Gujarati typeface. Ananda Bazar Patrika (ABP) Pvt Ltd.

Kshetrimayum, N., Ross, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1094-2961 and Singh, V. (2023) ABPN Hindi typeface. Ananda Bazar Patrika (ABP) Pvt Ltd.

Kshetrimayum, N., Ross, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1094-2961 and Singh, V. (2023) ABPN Marathi typeface. Ananda Bazar Patrika (ABP) Pvt Ltd.

Kshetrimayum, N., Ross, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1094-2961 and Bruce, J. (2022) ABPN Bengali typeface. Ananda Bazar Patrika (ABP) Pvt Ltd.

Izadpanah, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4455-4350, Cousins, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1094-2961, Ross, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1094-2961 and Savoie, A. (2022) Gulzar typeface. Google Fonts.

Ross, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1094-2961 and Hudson, J. (2022) Tiro Indic typeface collection. Google Fonts.

Ross, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1094-2961 and Kshetrimayum, N. (2020) ABP branding logos & taglines for news channels. Ananda Bazar Patrika (ABP) Pvt Ltd.

Kshetrimayum, N. and Ross, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1094-2961 (2020) Linotype Bengali typeface, a revival. Monotype.

Izadpanah, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4455-4350 and Ross, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1094-2961 (2018) Marlik typeface. Rosetta Type Foundry.

Izadpanah, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4455-4350 and Ross, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1094-2961 (2018) Markazi text typeface. Google Fonts.

Ross, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1094-2961 and Kshetrimayum, N. (2017) ABP 2015 Bengali typeface. Ananda Bazar Patrika, Kolkata, India.

Hudson, J. and Ross, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1094-2961 (2017) Murty Bangla typeface. Harvard University Press.

Hudson, J. and Ross, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1094-2961 (2017) Murty Kannada typeface. Harvard University Press.

Kshetrimayum, N. and Ross, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1094-2961 (2016) ABP extra bold Bengali typeface. Ananda Bazar Patrika, Kolkata.

Hudson, J. and Ross, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1094-2961 (2016) Murty Sanskrit typeface. Harvard University Press.

Hudson, J. and Ross, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1094-2961 (2015) Sanskrit text typeface. Microsoft.

Hudson, J. and Ross, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1094-2961 (2015) Murty Gurmukhi typeface. Harvard University Press.

Hudson, J. and Ross, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1094-2961 (2015) Murty Hindi typeface. Harvard University Press.

Hudson, J. and Ross, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1094-2961 (2015) Murty Telugu typeface. Harvard University Press.

Ross, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1094-2961, Holloway, T., Kshetrimayum, N. and Hudson, J. (2012) Sarkar Bengali typeface. Anandabazar Patrika, Kolkata, India.

Ross, F. G. E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1094-2961, Holloway, T. and Hudson, J. (2009) Adobe Devanagari typeface. Adobe Inc, USA.