Exploring New Delhi’s Old Signs
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Hanif Kureshi is giving a virtual home to the font work of impoverished street artists like Painter Kafeel. We find out why it’s important to digitise Delhi’s hand painted typefaces.
Hanif Kureshi is giving a virtual home to the font work of impoverished street artists like Painter Kafeel. We find out why it’s important to digitise Delhi’s hand painted typefaces.
Across the pond, a nation’s artisanal past is meeting its present day need for something indie, off the mainstream, and freely expressed. Hand painted signs are making a slow but sure resurgence.