Malayalam is the native language of Kerala, the state where I hail from and…through this project I wanted to explore
a fresh take on Malayalam type design, something which would do justice to its complex rounded forms!
a fresh take on Malayalam type design, something which would do justice to its complex rounded forms!
That’s how tumbi happened! Tumbi means dragonfly in Malayalam : the form of the font resembles the tall and thin structure of a dragonfly. Its strokes and loops have exaggerated to resemble the random movement of the dragonfly.
