Display typefaces based
on the rich living folk and indigenous craft tradition of South Asia and beyond

Recently, we conducted a workshop to make Sikku (Chikku) Kolam based letters that will eventually become a typeface—both upper and lowercase.

Holding up the "R" for Rabari based on the Dhebaria Rabari embroidery. Font development in progress!

Some of these women learnt how to write their own name by the end of the workshop. Learn more about the process behind creating a Typecrafted font such as Barmer Katab. The workshop concluded in March 2020 just weeks before the lockdowns began,