Kalapi Gajjar

Kalapi is an Indian typeface designer and font engineer. He graduated from The Faculty of Fine Arts, MSU Baroda. And he later pursued his post-graduation in Typeface Design from University of Reading. 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 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.

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