Introduction

Typography Day was being organized for the eight time from 7th to 9th of March 2015 hosted by Industrial Design Centre (IDC), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) with support from India Design Association (InDeAs) and Aksharaya.

The theme of the event was: 'Typography, Sensitivity and Fineness’.

The Conference focused on the following issues:

Experiments and Explorations in typography, sensitivity and fineness
Sensitivity and fineness to typography design
Craftsmanship in typography design
Intricate details of typography
Sensitivity and fineness in typography design with multilingual scripts
Sensitivity and fineness in typography design in native (indigenous) scripts
Sensitivity and fineness typography design within local contexts.
Research activities in typography, sensitivity and fineness
Education aspects of typography with sensitivity and fineness

Sub-themes for the conference:
The conference focussed on, but would not be limited to the following sub-themes

Typography- Calligraphy, Sensitivity and Fineness
Teaching and practice, Workshops and schools
Digital typography, Sensitivity and Fineness
Mobile devices, Tablets, Web Typography
Environmental Typography, Sensitivity and Fineness
Signage, Installations, Graffiti or Street Art, Architecture
Commercial typography, Sensitivity and Fineness
Advertisements, Packaging, Retail, Product graphics, Fashion
Vernacular typography, Sensitivity and Fineness
Native Calligraphy, Culture and Typography, Indigenous scripts
Typograph , Sensitivity and Fineness in Education
Instructional Aid, Displays, Information Graphics
Typography, Sensitivity and Fineness in Media
Television, Movie titling, Movie posters, Subtitling, Typography in motion

Here you can find the selected final juried papers for the conference Typography Day 2015 with the theme of 'Typography, Sensitivity and Fineness'.