Kiran (Marathi: किरण) is a free Devanagari typeface and a non-Unicode clip font created by Kiran Bhave first released in 1999.
[2] In 1999 Kiran Bhave could not find a suitable font for typing Marathi that was free after considerable searching.
[2] The keyboard layout is an enhanced version of the Shivaji typeface and have the same keyboard layout.
[1] The typeface is used create websites using the Devanagari script.
[2] Kiran Bhave (Marathi: किरण भावे) is from Sanpada (East), Navi Mumbai.