Title: 'Introduction to LetterForm Design'
A workshop by Noopur Datye
Type Designer and Co-founder, Ek Type, Mumbai


Abstract:

This fun hands-on workshop will introduce participants to the field of letterform design, its fundamental concepts and the process of drawing a variety of styles by changing different parameters. The participants will learn the basics of letterform construction, sketching letterforms based on a given brief and see case-studies of the process used in lettering and type design. The workshop will be composed of several short, task based modules interspersed with presentations, critiques and discussions.

Please note: The workshop introduction will be in Devanagari script, case-study presentations will be multi-script. Participants are free to work with any indian script of their choice


Materials/ tools to be brought by participants:
– Black Marker ( Heavy Round tip)
– Chisel Marker / Boru or Flat brush and Ink
– Any other calligraphy/ drawing tool of your choice. Can be analog(crayons) or digital (Ipad)
– 2B Pencil, eraser, cutter, scale, red/coloured pen
– Drawing board/ Clip board

Materials / tools to be provided by Typoday:
– Projector
– Bond Papers A4 size, 85 gsm, Qty: 600. Please cut them in half (A5 size). We would require at least 50 A5 sheets per student
– Tracing papers A4 size 50


About Instructor:

Noopur Datye

Noopur Datye is a type designer and calligrapher from Mumbai, India. A graduate of Sir J J Institute of Applied Art, she is one of the co-founders of Ek Type, a collaborative type foundry that has designed typefaces in sixteen of the many scripts used in India. Her work includes custom Bengali and Devanagari typefaces for television channels Star Jalsa and LifeOk, open-source typefaces Mukta Vaani (Gujarati), Mukta Mahee (Gurmukhi), Baloo (Gujarati, Bangla), Noto (Dogra, Gunjala Gondi, Masaram Gondi, and Nandinagari), Anek Mukti-script Family, Honk, and Nithya Ranjana. Her work has won several awards, including the Yellow Pencil at D&AD, Black Elephants at Kyoorius Design Awards, and certificates from TDC and Communication Arts.

Noopur has presented her work and participated in panel discussions in national and international conferences like ATypI, FontStand, DesignYatra, and TypoDay. She is an active member of Aksharaya and regularly conducts workshops on calligraphy and letterform design at design schools and conferences in India.













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