:: HandpaintedType ::

HandpaintedType is a project helping to preserve the work of Indian street painters by digitizing their alphabets.

Many are being driven out of business by shops printing vinyl signs, putting this beautiful craft at risk. Hanif Kureshi is working to turn some of the painters’ work into fonts. Half of the money from the sale of each font goes back to the painter, the other half goes to fund the project.

One of the fonts, Painter Umesh (the first shown below), is even available for free. There is also a gallery of hand painted signs on the site.