Category Archives: local letterforms
backwater style
A beautiful piece of hand painted signage. Kayal means backwaters, a semi saline water body that flows into the ocean, and also meanders through a major chunk of middle Kerala. Beautiful & distinct. Iconic to the state. The lettering floats
backwater style
A beautiful piece of hand painted signage. Kayal means backwaters, a semi saline water body that flows into the ocean, and also meanders through a major chunk of middle Kerala. Beautiful & distinct. Iconic to the state. The lettering floats
The culture of clutter
It seems to me that everything goes unnoticed, yet makes a larger identity of a ‘busy junction’ area. Kaloor in Cochin has always been a bottle neck for crawling traffic getting in and out of the city; here’s good reason
The culture of clutter
It seems to me that everything goes unnoticed, yet makes a larger identity of a ‘busy junction’ area. Kaloor in Cochin has always been a bottle neck for crawling traffic getting in and out of the city; here’s good reason
A remnant remedy
A perfect remedy for the rainy season, hand made and authentic; but probably extinct!
A remnant remedy
A perfect remedy for the rainy season, hand made and authentic; but probably extinct!
Type in fractions
The most interesting shops in old Cochin are the hardware stores. I never get tired of browsing through them in the market. Im probably the only person who goes in to check out the forms of local tools, materials and
Type in fractions
The most interesting shops in old Cochin are the hardware stores. I never get tired of browsing through them in the market. Im probably the only person who goes in to check out the forms of local tools, materials and
this color, that type.
You’ve got to love a city thats near the sea. Blue sky, deep waters and a tropical breeze. There’s a colorful typographic display in there too. Theres so much color and texture on the shoreline of Kerala thats so descriptive
this color, that type.
You’ve got to love a city thats near the sea. Blue sky, deep waters and a tropical breeze. There’s a colorful typographic display in there too. Theres so much color and texture on the shoreline of Kerala thats so descriptive
marxist by day
probably would have worked better if i got the sickle symbol a bit more clearly. in kerala, even santa is a communist icon.
marxist by day
probably would have worked better if i got the sickle symbol a bit more clearly. in kerala, even santa is a communist icon.
your first language lesson
For most of us malayalees who have never learned to read the script heres a quick lesson. Drive through any suburb of Kerala and observe the most repeated word you can find (in signage). I’m betting that most of you
your first language lesson
For most of us malayalees who have never learned to read the script heres a quick lesson. Drive through any suburb of Kerala and observe the most repeated word you can find (in signage). I’m betting that most of you
malayalam the jalebi type
Ever wondered that the connection between letterform and spoken language is? malayalam is a perfect example of a language pronounced exactly the way it is written! the rounded forms of the alphabet corners resonate the sound of the language spoken.
malayalam the jalebi type
Ever wondered that the connection between letterform and spoken language is? malayalam is a perfect example of a language pronounced exactly the way it is written! the rounded forms of the alphabet corners resonate the sound of the language spoken.
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