A type designer, trying to bring the relevance and richness of the multi-script universe into a world of Latin-centric letters (and awareness to design better letters into a multi-script verse of Indic scripts). From a single letter to entire typefaces, she specialises in giving function to letterforms and making them suitable for their purpose, as well as consults on graphic design projects as an enthusiast of good typography and conceptual design. With 10+ years of experience, Namrata has seen the type industry in India grow tremendously.
She has been part of various teams working on font suites for prominent clients such as Google and Samsung, among others. Further, she has worked on fonts for Indic and Latin scripts. She currently works as a team member at Universal Thirst while also publishing her independent font projects via Future Fonts. She has collaborated on custom typography projects with independent designers and studios (/agencies) to bring their visions for brands to reality, across sectors (product and services both).
Other than designing letters, she teaches workshops and type design modules in various design schools across India. Since 2020, Namrata also volunteers her time to host virtual conferences such as TypeLab by Typographics to give back to the community.
Namrata is based in India.
work
experience
Experience
Universal Thirst
Team member & Type Designer
Custom and retail fonts for multi-script projects.
Future Fonts
Independent Foundry
Publishing retail fonts in Latin and Devanagari. Fonts: Biblio, Splinter
Freelancer
Type Designer & Consultant
Collaborating consultant with foundries and businesses alike. Projects include: IBM Plex Devanagari by Bold Monday, November by Typotheque, The Caravan.
Indian Type Foundry
Type Designer
(Past position) Junior Designer and member of multi-designer teams working on custom projects for clients such as Samsung, Google. Library fonts: Volte Devanagari and Latin.
education
Experience
MA Type Media Royal Academy of Art KABK, Den Haag, Netherlands project link
Post Graduate Certificate in Typeface Design Condensed Programme Type@Cooper, Cooper Union, NYC, NY USA
Graduate Diploma Visual Communication Design Srishti Manipal Institute (School of Art Design and Technology)Bengaluru, KA India
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Experience
honours
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Writing
Jury, Type design, TDC72 competition 2026 Type Directors Club
Winner, Ascenders 2024 Type Directors Club
Jury, Young Guns, 2024 One Club for Creativity
Type Design honouree, 20 under 35 DesignXDesign 2021
Merit Award Winner 2019 Gerard Unger Scholarship, TypeTogether
Namrata is always available for collaborations, talks and workshops worldwide. She has designed fonts for print and web publications, signage, digital products (apps/websites). Please get in touch if you want to see her font catalogue and portfolio for your project, or if you have anything to discuss– don’t hesitate in reaching out. Thanks!
Namrata Goyal 