Title: 'Letters in harmony'
A workshop by 
Kailash Malviya
Ektype, Mumbai, India and
Girish Dalvi
Professor, IDC School of Design, IIT Bombay


Abstract: Creating expressive lettering is a challenging task. Shape, proportion, composition, materiality of surface and letters — all of these can influence the manifestation of such ideas. In this workshop we will explore lettering by studying lettering styles from Indian scripts (Devanagari, Gujarati, Bangla, Kannada, Malayalam & Tamil). We'll learn to see their visual rules and use them to draw letters, and create lettering styles. This step can become the starting point for creating lettering styles, multi-lingual logos, and even designing fonts.

Materials/ tools to be brought by student participants:
Pencils, black markers (Round tip or Chisel Nib), measuring scale, eraser.

Workshop Materials provided by Typoday:
A4 100gsm paper

About Instructor:

Kailash Malviya

Kailash Malviya is a typeface designer and calligrapher based in Mumbai with an experience of over 6 years in the discipline of letter design. He graduated from Sir J.J. Institute of Applied Art in 2018; he has since worked with Ek Type, a Mumbai-based type foundry, and created typefaces like Gotu Latin, Noto Serif Dogra, Anek Devanagari & Naatak Latin.


Prof. Girish Dalvi

Prof. Girish Dalvi is an interdisciplinary faculty member of Design at the IIDC School of Design (IDC), IIT Bombay. He teaches subjects in the area of Visual Design, Interaction Design and Design research.

His research interests in the domain of Visual design are: Devanagari Typography (History, Type design methodologies, Theoretical Modeling, Classification, and Type-Culture). As a type designer he has co-created several typefaces for Indian scripts, prominent amongst these is the open-sourced Mukta multi-script family, Jaini, and several others.













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