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

text book hunting

When I saw this, I imagined a whole bunch of type setters sitting in all corners of the state and country churning out pages for school text books in time for the new school year, or an entrance examination to

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