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Prof. Girish Dalvi


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Source: India,  

Date: 2000

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Credits: IDC


Detailed Description

Professor Girish Dalvi is a distinguished faculty member at the Industrial Design Centre (IDC) at IIT Bombay. He specialises in visual design, interaction design, and design research. His research focuses on Devanagari typography, including its history, type design methodologies, theoretical modelling, classification, and type culture. Additionally, he explores culture-sensitive interactions, frugal computing, search-retrieval paradigms, and Indian language interfaces and input mechanisms for Indian scripts. Prof. Dalvi has a robust academic background, holding a bachelor's degree in computer engineering, a master's degree in design, and a Ph.D. from IIT Bombay. His doctoral research centred on the theoretical modelling of Devanagari typefaces. As a type designer, he has co-created several typefaces for Indian scripts, including the Ek multi-script family, the open-source Ek Mukta family, Devanagari, and Star Bengali fonts.



Projects

Ek Mukta | Jaini

Ek Mukta is a modern, versatile, and elegant typeface designed by Prof. Girish Dalvi, a faculty member at the Industrial Design Centre (IDC), IIT Bombay. The typeface is part of a larger family of fonts created to address the need for a contemporary, open-source Indian typeface that supports multiple Indian languages. The Ek Mukta typeface is notable for its readability, flexibility, and aesthetic appeal, making it widely used for both print and digital media. Ek Mukta is an open-source font, which means it is freely available for use by the public and can be modified and redistributed under the appropriate license. This has made it popular in both academic and professional settings. The typeface supports multiple Indian scripts, including Devanagari, Gurmukhi, and Gujarati, making it a valuable resource for a diverse range of languages and users. It provides consistency across scripts, helping users create harmonious multilingual documents and designs. Ek Mukta is a significant contribution by Prof. Girish Dalvi to the world of typography, providing a modern, accessible, and versatile typeface that supports the unique linguistic and cultural needs of India while also being a useful tool in global design contexts.

Anek multiscript variable font family

Anek is a multiscript variable font family designed by Prof. Girish Dalvi at IDC IIT Bombay. It is a modern, versatile typeface that supports multiple Indian scripts, aiming to unify diverse writing systems while maintaining their unique characteristics. The project aligns with the growing demand for typography solutions that accommodate the multilingual and multiscript environment of India, where users often require support for multiple languages in a single document or design. It is designed as a variable font, meaning that users can adjust properties like weight and width seamlessly across different styles, offering flexibility for a variety of applications. It supports multiple Indian scripts, including Devanagari, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu and others, making it suitable for use in diverse linguistic contexts.