Poster & Screenprint
Kala & Akshar — Experimental Devanagari & Latin Typographic Posters
A dual-script typographic exploration celebrating Mumbai's vintage signage culture juxtaposed with Brutalist modernism. Hand-separated screenprints produced on heavy archival rag stock, pushing the boundary of halftoning, trapped overprints, and metallic pigments.
- Category
- Posters & Screenprint
- Year
- 2021
- Role
- Designer & Typographer
- Tools
- Illustrator, Photoshop
01. Brief
Explore how Devanagari and Latin letterforms can share one poster language inspired by Mumbai's vintage signage.
02. Process
Drew paired glyphs, hand-separated colour layers and tested halftone screens and overprints on rag stock.
03. Solution
A limited series of B1 four-pass screenprints with copper-dust metallic inks and numbered, blind-embossed editions.
04. Result
A dual-script poster series that bridges heritage signage and modernist typography.
Serigraphy Technical SpecLimited Run 100
- Sheet Size
- B1 (700mm × 1000mm)
- Paper
- 300gsm Somerset Velvet 100% Cotton
- Print Layers
- 4-Pass Manual Serigraphy
- Ink System
- Waterbased Nazdar Inks + Copper Dust
- Halftone Screen
- 65 LPI Stochastic Dot
- Edition
- Numbered & Blind Embossed Studio Seal