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Episode 28

Episode 28

Episode 28

Kalapi Gajjar

Kalapi Gajjar

Kalapi Gajjar

Type Design

Kalapi is an Indian typeface designer and font engineer. He graduated from The Faculty of Fine Arts, MS University Baroda. And he later pursued his post-graduation in Typeface Design from University of Reading, England. In 2016, he joined forces with friend and fellow University of Reading graduate Gunnar Vilhjálmsson to set-up Universal Thirst, a design practice specialising in developing typefaces for writing systems of the Indian sub-continent. Universal Thirst has designed multiple latin and Indic bespoke typefaces for various companies, brands and events. Soon, they’re releasing their own latin and Indic retail typefaces. On this episode, we talk about Kalapi’s life, design education and type design work. We talk about his foundry Universal Thirst and the business of Type Design. Kalapi also shares with us his opinions and knowledge about functional and aesthetic aspects of Type Design.

RELEVANT LINKS

  • Universal Thirst -  universalthirst.com

  • Kalapi (The Poet) -  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalapi

  • Saurashtra (region) -  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saurashtra_(region)

  • Rahul Gajjar - http://rahulgajjar.com

  • Sandhya Gajjar -  www.dnaindia.com/ahmedabad/report-bringing-the-chhara-community-into-the-mainstream-still-a-long-way-off-2765058

  • MSU Baroda -  msubaroda.ac.in

  • Baroda/Vadodara -  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vadodara

  • Bhasha - www.bhasharesearch.org

  • Dr. Ganesh Devy -  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._N._Devy

  • Pavagadh -  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavagadh

  • Rajkot -  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajkot

  • NID -  nid.edu

  • Bauhaus -  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bauhaus

  • Mahendra Patel - designedthisway.com (3rd Episode Guest)

  • Weiden + Kennedy -  www.wk.com

  • Hanif Kureshi -  guerrilla.work/About

  • GV SreeKumar (IDC) - http://www.idc.iitb.ac.in/gvsree/bio.html

  • Fiona Ross -  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiona_Ross_(type_designer)

  • University of Reading -  www.reading.ac.uk

  • Neelakash Kshetrimanyum - www.brandnewtype.com

  • Gerry Leonidas -  leonidas.net

  • Gunnar Vilhjálmsson - http://www.gunnarvilhjalmsson.net

  • Erin McLaughlin - erinmclaughlin.com

  • Linotype - www.linotype.com (Ofcourse)

  • Gerard Unger -  www.gerardunger.com

  • Johnathan Barnbrook - www.jonathanbarnbrook.com/about/

  • John Hudson -  fonts.adobe.com/designers/john-hudson

  • Unicode - http://unicode.org

  • Shri-lipi -  www.modular-infotech.com/html/shreelipi.html

  • Michael Twyman (with his ephemera) -  www.flickr.com/photos/dietzsch/6318103998/in/album-72157628061754102/ ,  www.flickr.com/photos/wasianed/1801854874/in/album-72157602459000103/ ,  www.flickr.com/photos/wasianed/2175100655/in/album-72157602459000103/

  • James Mosley -  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Mosley

  • St Bride Library -  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Bride_Library

  • Linotype Gujarati -  www.linotype.com/1750/linotype-gujarati-family.html

  • Orthography -  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthography

  • Matras (Devanagri) -  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devanagari#Vowels

  • University of Liden - www.universiteitleiden.nl

  • Dutch Type (Book) - http://www.drukeditions.com

  • Noto -  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noto

  • STEAM -  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STEAM_fields

  • Dalton Maag - www.daltonmaag.com

  • Metal Type -  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_metal

  • Backward compatibility -  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backward_compatibility

  • Complex Script -  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complex_text_layout

  • Hangul -  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangul

  • Telugu -  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telugu_script

  • Nokia Pure by Dalton Maag -  www.daltonmaag.com/work/nokia

  • Malcolm Wooden & Northern Block Foundry -  thenorthernblock.co.uk/malcolm

  • Typotheque Blog - www.typotheque.com/blog

  • Logo painted by sign painter Joshua -  www.instagram.com/p/B9ETrwOhGi4/

  • Sophy Hollington -  www.instagram.com/sophyhollington/

  • Korra Denim - korra.in

  • Dhaka Arts Summit -  www.instagram.com/p/B3mGDi0hTvA/

  • Bangla - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengali_language

  • Fraser Muggeridge Studio - http://pleasedonotbend.co.uk

  • Frieze Sans -  www.instagram.com/p/B3fBx8zhtXB/

  • Here Maps -  wego.here.com/

  • Indigo Airlines - goindigo.in

  • Bauhaus (Font) - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bauhaus_(typeface)

  • Anagha Narayanan - www.instagram.com/anaghanarayanan/

  • Elai -  www.instagram.com/p/B7Giry_hUst/

  • Variable Font - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variable_font

Section Index

  • Childhood and Early influences - 00:00

  • Education at MSU Baroda - 23:00

  • University of Reading, Gerard Unger, Quality and Aesthetics of Typefaces - 36:00

  • Work Exp. at Dalton Maag - 1:16:00

  • Universal Thirst and the business of type design - 1:27:00

Designed
this way.

Designed
this way.

Designed
this way.

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Oberoi

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