Self-published by Pooja Saxena 6-panel A6 accordion zines Offset printed on 190 GSM Arte Ultra White paper Printed at Pacific Creative Solutions, Okhla
India Street Lettering zines celebrate the diversity of letterforms on signages in India’s streets. Like turns of a kaleidoscope, they illuminate patterns — established and unexpected — to expand our understanding of typographic forms and styles, and conventions for their use.
№1 Azulejos of Panjim, Goa Signages on hand-painted, glazed tiles abound in the streets of Panjim as a striking visual reminder of the lasting Portuguese influence in India’s smallest state.
№2 Mosaic Letters in Devanagari & Latin Mosaic signs offer up an excellent opportunity to study how the vastly different letterforms of Devanagari and Latin scripts adapt to a limiting medium.
№3 Tiled Wayfinding in New Delhi An unexpected sighting of multi-script, monospaced letterforms in the wild in the form of fast-disappearing wayfinding signs in New Delhi.
№ 4 Cinemas of Lucknow Featuring signs in Latin and Devanagari, this set features everything from a cinema that goes by a different name than its architectural sign to a restored Art Deco gem with an unexpected sign.
№ 5 Cinemas of Hyderabad Home to the Telugu film industry, Hyderabad still boasts of several surviving single-screen cinemas, each with its own unique sign, often in rendered neon. Explore them in this zine.
№ 6 Cinemas of Kolkata Kolkata holds a special place in India’s film history — the first dedicated cinema in the country was built here. Even though that has been long-demolished, there are still many cinemas here whose signage can whet your typographic appetite.
