Function and Expression: Student Typographic Work in English and Indian languages

Abstract

Teaching typography in a cross-cultural setting poses particular conceptual and visual problems. Using a recipe as the content for a typographic assignment while teaching in India, the author explores typographic approaches that include functional, expressive and integrated perspectives in English, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi and to a lesser extent Malayalam and Tamil and various combinations of languages. This experience is documented through illustrations and commentary on the student solutions.