An alumnus of Sir J. J. Institute of Applied Art, Sarang Kulkarni is a Type Designer and
Calligrapher from Mumbai, India. In 2005, he started ‘WhiteCrow’– a Design Studio that has
steadily found its niche in multi-lingual branding, bespoke type design and calligraphy across
Indian scripts.

He is also one of three co-founders of ‘Ek Type’– an award winning collaborative type foundry
started in 2013, that specialises in developing single and multi-script fonts across Indian
languages. Most Ek Type fonts are Open Source and available on Google Fonts. Sarang has
designed the Modak, Gotu, Baloo(Devanagari), Anek (Gurmukhi) Typefaces for Ek Type.

He is the 1st Indian selected members of an International organisation - Alliance Graphic
International (AGI).

Apart from his commercial ventures, Sarang conducts workshops related to multi-script
typography in conferences, advertising/design agencies and design schools. He is the current
secretary of the ‘Aksharaya society’– a non-profit that collectively documents, promotes,
explores and creates awareness about Indian scripts.