Naatak Multiscript Variable

Sarang Kulkarni

An informal, retro-inspired uni-width type family, influenced by local street lettering, handwritten comics, and book titles. Each script's playful nostalgia is captured in unpolished curves, intentional irregularities, and a striking horizontal stress. The heavy weights are ideal for headlines, while lighter weights suit taglines and comic blurbs. It supports 10 scripts: Bangla, Devanagari, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Kannada, Latin, Malayalam, Odia, Tamil, and Telugu.

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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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    An informal, retro-inspired uni-width type family, influenced by local street lettering, handwritten comics, and book titles. Each script's playful nostalgia is captured in unpolished curves, intentional irregularities, and a striking horizontal stress. The heavy weights are ideal for headlines, while lighter weights suit taglines and comic blurbs. It supports 10 scripts: Bangla, Devanagari, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Kannada, Latin, Malayalam, Odia, Tamil, and Telugu.

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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), Naatak (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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      • 2025

      Best of Discipline & Judges Choice Type Design: Naatak Multiscript Variable Font Family
      • 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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      • Speaker at BITS11- Bangkok

        2025 – present

      • ADC 104th Annual Awards Jury

        2025 – present

      • Sri Lanka Design Festival

        2024 – present

      • Jury at Kyoorius Design Awards

        2024 – present

      • Typography Jury at D&AD

        2019 – present

      • Design for Craft Jury at GoaFest

        2019 – present

      • Design for Craft Jury at GoaFest

        2018 – present

      • Secretory - Aksharaya Society

        2013 – Till present