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About the guest:  Kimya Gandhi, Type Designer Partner at the Mota Italic type foundry @motaitalic  Kimya Gandhi @kimyagandhi is a type designer from Mumbai (currently living in Berlin) with a passionate interest in Indic letterforms and specialises in creating new and innovative Devanagari fonts. Kimya is a partner at the type foundry, Mota Italic, with her husband Rob Keller where they design custom and retail typefaces. Mota Italic has catered to a range of clients like Škoda, Audi, Apple, Google, to name a few. Kimya believes there is great potential to reinvent the type design learning environment in India and encourage Indian script typography.  Follow @kimyagandhi: https://www.instagram.com/kimyagandhi/   Hosted by: Srishti Mitra  Follow @ srishtimitra_: https://www.instagram.com/srishtimitra_/   Presented by Baatein:  Baatein, which translates to ‘a conversation’ is the National Institute of Design’s unique interactive platform to learn and share.  From telling us about your experiences and passions to showcasing what you do; it can be anything you want it to be!  Follow us on Instagram @baatein.nid: https://www.instagram.com/baatein.nid/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/c/BaateinNID Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/baatein-nid

About the guest:  Kimya Gandhi, Type Designer Partner at the Mota Italic type foundry @motaitalic  Kimya Gandhi @kimyagandhi is a type designer from Mumbai (currently living in Berlin) with a passionate interest in Indic letterforms and specialises in creating new and innovative Devanagari fonts. Kimya is a partner at the type foundry, Mota Italic, with her husband Rob Keller where they design custom and retail typefaces. Mota Italic has catered to a range of clients like Škoda, Audi, Apple, Google, to name a few. Kimya believes there is great potential to reinvent the type design learning environment in India and encourage Indian script typography.  Follow @kimyagandhi: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/kimyagandhi/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/kimyagandhi/</a> Hosted by: Srishti Mitra  Follow @ srishtimitra_: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/srishtimitra_/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/srishtimitra_/</a> Presented by Baatein:  Baatein, which translates to ‘a conversation’ is the National Institute of Design’s unique interactive platform to learn and share.  From telling us about your experiences and passions to showcasing what you do; it can be anything you want it to be!  Follow us on Instagram @baatein.nid: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/baatein.nid/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/baatein.nid/</a> Subscribe to our YouTube channel: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/c/BaateinNID" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.youtube.com/c/BaateinNID</a> Follow us on LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/baatein-nid" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/company/baatein-nid</a>

Live Baatein Session with Kimya Gandhi

Kimya Gandhi is a type designer from Mumbai with a passionate interest in Indic type design. She is an alumnus of National institute of Fashion Technology and Industrial Design Centre, IIT Mumbai. She got her professional start interning at Linotype in 2010. Over the next few years she freelanced for several type foundries catering to their multi-script requirements. In 2015, she became a partner at Mota Italic and now focuses on Indic and Latin designs for retail and custom corporate projects. On this episode, we talk about Kimya’s journey as a designer and about some of her key type design projects. She also talks about the unique challenges of designing fonts for Indic scripts and about business aspects of the type design industry.RELEVANT LINKSKimya Gandhi - kimyagandhi.wordpress.comMotaitalic type foundry - www.motaitalic.comMadh Island - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madh_IslandNIFT - nift.ac.inFashion Communication - www.nift.ac.in/bdesfcNID - www.nid.eduLettering - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LetteringIDC, IIT Mumbai - www.idc.iitb.ac.inWhite Crow Design - whitecrow.inType Design at Univ. of Reading - typefacedesign.netType Design at KABK, Netherlands - www.kabk.nl/en/programmes/master/type-and-mediaCDAC - cdac.inFontographer - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FontographerProf. Kirti Trivedi - www.idc.iitb.ac.in/kirti/index.html Kohei Sugiura - www.academia.edu/28689470/Kohei_Sugiura_Graphic_Design_Methodology_and_philosophyGurmukhi Script - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurmukhi Mahendra Patel - designedthisway.comLinotype - www.linotype.comMonotype - www.monotype.comIndian Type Foundry - www.indiantypefoundry.comSatya Rajpurohit - www.indiantypefoundry.com/about Devanagri - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DevanagariDIN Next - www.linotype.com/517415/din-next-family.htmlJubilee - www.linotype.com/317196/jubilee-family.htmlAkira Kobayashi - www.monotype.com/studio/akira-kobayashi Type design intensive course - http://typefacedesign.net/courses/tdi/ Cleveland Museum of Art - www.clevelandart.org Gerry Leonidas - leonidas.net Fiona Ross - www.reading.ac.uk/typography/about/Staff_list/f-g-e-ross.aspx Indic Scripts - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmic_scripts Dr Vaibhav Singh - www.reading.ac.uk/typography/about/Staff_list/v-singh2.aspx Rob Keller - www.motaitalic.com/info/about/ Sharad Typeface Download. - setuadvertising.com/sharad76/ SETU Advertising - setuadvertising.com Conjunct consonant - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conjunct_consonant Maku Typeface - www.motaitalic.com/product/maku/ Dingbats - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dingbat Glyphs App - glyphsapp.comRobofont - robofont.com Chikki Typeface - www.motaitalic.com/product/chikki/Chikki, the food - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ChikkiBoaty, McBoatface - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boaty_McBoatfaceShirorekha - idc.iitb.ac.in/resources/dt-jan-2009/Anatomy%20of%20Devanagari.pdfPhysics Envy - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physics_envy Link to my upcoming Gurumukhi Type Inspiration (Mentioned in the podcast) - www.instagram.com/p/BrzbZT3Hxqr/ Golden Temple - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_TempleType Design Resources from Motaitalic - www.motaitalic.com/info/type-design-resources/ David Jonathan Ross - djr.com Inga Plönnigs - www.ingaploennigs.comOTF - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenTypeTTF - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TrueTypeWOFF - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Open_Font_Format Futurefonts - www.futurefonts.xyzEULA - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End-user_license_agreement Apache License - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_License Danfo Std by Da Design - dadesign.studio/work/danfo-std

Kimya Gandhi is a type designer from Mumbai with a passionate interest in Indic type design. She is an alumnus of National institute of Fashion Technology and Industrial Design Centre, IIT Mumbai. She got her professional start interning at Linotype in 2010. Over the next few years she freelanced for several type foundries catering to their multi-script requirements. In 2015, she became a partner at Mota Italic and now focuses on Indic and Latin designs for retail and custom corporate projects. On this episode, we talk about Kimya’s journey as a designer and about some of her key type design projects. She also talks about the unique challenges of designing fonts for Indic scripts and about business aspects of the type design industry. RELEVANT LINKS Kimya Gandhi - <a href="http://kimyagandhi.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">kimyagandhi.wordpress.com</a> Motaitalic type foundry - <a href="http://www.motaitalic.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.motaitalic.com</a> Madh Island - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madh_Island" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madh_Island</a> NIFT - <a href="http://nift.ac.in" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">nift.ac.in</a> Fashion Communication - <a href="http://www.nift.ac.in/bdesfc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.nift.ac.in/bdesfc</a> NID - <a href="http://www.nid.edu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.nid.edu</a> Lettering - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lettering" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lettering</a> IDC, IIT Mumbai - <a href="http://www.idc.iitb.ac.in" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.idc.iitb.ac.in</a> White Crow Design - <a href="http://whitecrow.in" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">whitecrow.in</a> Type Design at Univ. of Reading - <a href="http://typefacedesign.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">typefacedesign.net</a> Type Design at KABK, Netherlands - <a href="http://www.kabk.nl/en/programmes/master/type-and-media" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.kabk.nl/en/programmes/master/type-and-media</a> CDAC - <a href="http://cdac.in" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">cdac.in</a> Fontographer - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fontographer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fontographer</a> Prof. Kirti Trivedi - <a href="http://www.idc.iitb.ac.in/kirti/index.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.idc.iitb.ac.in/kirti/index.html</a> Kohei Sugiura - <a href="http://www.academia.edu/28689470/Kohei_Sugiura_Graphic_Design_Methodology_and_philosophy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.academia.edu/28689470/Kohei_Sugiura_Graphic_Design_Methodology_and_philosophy</a> Gurmukhi Script - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurmukhi" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurmukhi</a> Mahendra Patel - <a href="http://designedthisway.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">designedthisway.com</a> Linotype - <a href="http://www.linotype.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.linotype.com</a> Monotype - <a href="http://www.monotype.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.monotype.com</a> Indian Type Foundry - <a href="http://www.indiantypefoundry.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.indiantypefoundry.com</a> Satya Rajpurohit - <a href="http://www.indiantypefoundry.com/about" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.indiantypefoundry.com/about</a> Devanagri - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devanagari" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devanagari</a> DIN Next - <a href="http://www.linotype.com/517415/din-next-family.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.linotype.com/517415/din-next-family.html</a> Jubilee - <a href="http://www.linotype.com/317196/jubilee-family.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.linotype.com/317196/jubilee-family.html</a> Akira Kobayashi - <a href="http://www.monotype.com/studio/akira-kobayashi" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.monotype.com/studio/akira-kobayashi</a> Type design intensive course - <a href="http://typefacedesign.net/courses/tdi/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://typefacedesign.net/courses/tdi/</a> Cleveland Museum of Art - <a href="http://www.clevelandart.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.clevelandart.org</a> Gerry Leonidas - <a href="http://leonidas.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">leonidas.net</a> Fiona Ross - <a href="http://www.reading.ac.uk/typography/about/Staff_list/f-g-e-ross.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.reading.ac.uk/typography/about/Staff_list/f-g-e-ross.aspx</a> Indic Scripts - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmic_scripts" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmic_scripts</a> Dr Vaibhav Singh - <a href="http://www.reading.ac.uk/typography/about/Staff_list/v-singh2.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.reading.ac.uk/typography/about/Staff_list/v-singh2.aspx</a> Rob Keller - <a href="http://www.motaitalic.com/info/about/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.motaitalic.com/info/about/</a> Sharad Typeface Download. - <a href="http://setuadvertising.com/sharad76/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">setuadvertising.com/sharad76/</a> SETU Advertising - <a href="http://setuadvertising.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">setuadvertising.com</a> Conjunct consonant - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conjunct_consonant" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conjunct_consonant</a> Maku Typeface - <a href="http://www.motaitalic.com/product/maku/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.motaitalic.com/product/maku/</a> Dingbats - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dingbat" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dingbat</a> Glyphs App - <a href="http://glyphsapp.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">glyphsapp.com</a> Robofont - <a href="http://robofont.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">robofont.com</a> Chikki Typeface - <a href="http://www.motaitalic.com/product/chikki/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.motaitalic.com/product/chikki/</a> Chikki, the food - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chikki" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chikki</a> Boaty, McBoatface - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boaty_McBoatface" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boaty_McBoatface</a> Shirorekha - <a href="http://idc.iitb.ac.in/resources/dt-jan-2009/Anatomy%20of%20Devanagari.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">idc.iitb.ac.in/resources/dt-jan-2009/Anatomy%20of%20Devanagari.pdf</a> Physics Envy - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physics_envy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physics_envy</a> Link to my upcoming Gurumukhi Type Inspiration (Mentioned in the podcast) - <a href="http://www.instagram.com/p/BrzbZT3Hxqr/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.instagram.com/p/BrzbZT3Hxqr/</a> Golden Temple - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Temple" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Temple</a> Type Design Resources from Motaitalic - <a href="http://www.motaitalic.com/info/type-design-resources/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.motaitalic.com/info/type-design-resources/</a> David Jonathan Ross - <a href="http://djr.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">djr.com</a> Inga Plönnigs - <a href="http://www.ingaploennigs.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.ingaploennigs.com</a> OTF - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenType" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenType</a> TTF - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TrueType" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TrueType</a> WOFF - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Open_Font_Format" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Open_Font_Format</a> Futurefonts - www.futurefonts.xyz EULA - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End-user_license_agreement" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End-user_license_agreement</a> Apache License - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_License" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_License</a> Danfo Std by Da Design - dadesign.studio/work/danfo-std

Kimya is a type designer from Mumbai with a passionate interest in Indic type design. Kimya interned with Linotype GmbH, Germany, in their font design department in 2010. Over the next several years she worked as a freelance designer for numerous type foundries catering to their multi-script requirements. Since 2015 she’s been a partner at Mota Italic focusing on Indic and Latin designs for retail and custom corporate projects.How has new technology and new software along with OpenType features, changing the face of Type design for Indian scripts? What has now become possible due to advancing technology? You engage yourself in educating about type design. What are your observations about it? You have been promoting and teaching importance of Indian typefaces, why? What value you see in it? How do you see things changing if type Design or taught in school and other primary educations institutes?We all know about the famous Oscar blunder due to bad typography. It’s not end of the world when it comes to Oscar, but its life and death when it comes to medicine and other important areas. Do you think better fonts can make a difference or it’s just better typography? What are your thoughts and long term vision w.r.t spreading awareness about Indian Typefaces? How you and Mota are working towards it? You have been working on 3D type faces recently. Can you tell us more about it?

Kimya is a type designer from Mumbai with a passionate interest in Indic type design. Kimya interned with Linotype GmbH, Germany, in their font design department in 2010. Over the next several years she worked as a freelance designer for numerous type foundries catering to their multi-script requirements. Since 2015 she’s been a partner at Mota Italic focusing on Indic and Latin designs for retail and custom corporate projects. How has new technology and new software along with OpenType features, changing the face of Type design for Indian scripts? What has now become possible due to advancing technology?  You engage yourself in educating about type design. What are your observations about it?  You have been promoting and teaching importance of Indian typefaces, why? What value you see in it? How do you see things changing if type Design or taught in school and other primary educations institutes? We all know about the famous Oscar blunder due to bad typography. It’s not end of the world when it comes to Oscar, but its life and death when it comes to medicine and other important areas. Do you think better fonts can make a difference or it’s just better typography?  What are your thoughts and long term vision w.r.t spreading awareness about Indian Typefaces? How you and Mota are working towards it?  You have been working on 3D type faces recently. Can you tell us more about it?