Modak Typeface

Sarang Kulkarni

Modak is a sweet plump Devanagari+Latin display typeface with portly curves and thin counters. It is Unicode compliant and is open sourced under the SIL Open Font License v1.1. It began as a heavy hand-sketched letterform exploration in Devanagari with cute, adorable characters whose curves merged into each other, forming distinct counter shapes. Modak Devanagari is designed by Sarang Kulkarni and Maithili Shingre and Modak Latin by Noopur Datye with font engineering by Girish Dalvi.

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    Sarang Kulkarni, India (2019)

    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...

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    Modak is a sweet plump Devanagari+Latin display typeface with portly curves and thin counters. It is Unicode compliant and is open sourced under the SIL Open Font License v1.1. It began as a heavy hand-sketched letterform exploration in Devanagari with cute, adorable characters whose curves merged into each other, forming distinct counter shapes. Modak Devanagari is designed by Sarang Kulkarni and Maithili Shingre and Modak Latin by Noopur Datye with font engineering by Girish Dalvi.

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    Sarang Kulkarni, India (2019)

    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.

    Education

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    Graduate

      • Sir J J Institute of Applied Art (India)

      Agencies

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      Awards

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      • 2023

      TDC (Typographic Excellence) for Vilom Devanagari

      • 2023

      Kyoorius Blue Elephant for Anek Variable multi-script Family

      • 2023

      Kyoorius Black Elephant for Anek Variable multi-script Family

      • 2022

      D&AD Graphite Pencil for Anek Variable multi-script Family

      • 2022

      One Show Bronze award for Anek Variable multi-script Family

      • 2022

      Communication Art for Anek Variable multi-script Family

      • 2022

      TDC (Typographic Excellence) for Anek Variable multi-script Family

      • 2016

      D&AD Wooden Pencil for Baloo Family

      • 2016

      Kyoorius Black Elephant for Baloo Family

      • 2016

      Kyoorius Blue Elephant for Baloo Family

      • 2015

      Kyoorius Blue Elephant for Modak Typeface

      Other Professional Activities

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      • Typography Jury at D&AD

        2019 – 2019

      • Design for Craft Jury at GoaFest

        2019 – present

      • Design for Craft Jury at GoaFest

        2018 – present

      • Secretory - Aksharaya Society

        2013 – Till present

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