As part of a study of Devanagari — an Indic typeface — I created a poster that attempted to describe the variety of typographical characteristics through a variety of different terms, almost the same way as different names for the parts of the human body.

While some terms are drawn from regular typographical terminology, I had to create a number of new terms taking into account the differences in the typographical forms.

I’m still not satisfied with the result as I believe a script as old as Devanagari, which was used to write ancient languages like Sanskrit as well as modern Indian languages like Hindi, Marathi, Konkani and Bhojpuri cannot be force-fitted onto a relatively new typographical classification system without taking into account its history and origins and understanding the script’s true form.

As part of a 2 week long graphic design course at college, we had to make a 20″ by 10″ composition. We had to find an everyday object that would make an interesting impression on paper. We had to select portions of this impression and place them on a 20″ by 10″ grid that we created with a word and copy that reflects the impression made by the object.

The object I chose was my hair— long at the time — which I dipped in ink. The word I chose was “Entangled”. The copy is a passage from the book “Entangled Mind’s” by dean Radin.