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This is an abridged form of an that essay first appeared as Issue 3 / Letters of Connaught Place of my newsletter I Spy with my Typographic Eye. Read the original, which includes a list of Instagram accounts that focus on capturing street lettering from Southeast Asia, and subscribe to the newsletter. For some years now, I have tried and failed to…

In May, I facilitated a three-day workshop at the National Institute of Fashion Technology, Bangalore that centred on documenting street lettering.

2023 was an exciting year for India Street Lettering: I received a small grant from the Bangalore International Centre (BIC) as part of their B•LORE programme to make a short film about street lettering in Bangalore’s M.G. Road.

The common thread that binds together the first batch of zines is the usage of tiles as a material for signage.

Last year in June, I was invited to give a talk about this project at the Bangalore International Centre (BIC).

Organised by the Bangalore International Centre, I conducted an updated type walk in M.G. Road in June.

Last autumn, I found myself in Bangalore and spent a few days in Indiranagar, a neighbourhood I called home just a few years ago.