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A handwriting-derived typeface, designed in collaboration with artist Shivangi Kalra.

Homecoming translates Shivangi Kalra's handwriting — a recurring motif in her paintings — into a working typeface. Handwriting samples were collected across repeated passages, then redrawn into multiple glyph variants, deliberately kept imperfect rather than cleaned up.

The core challenge was technical: building OpenType logic so alternate glyphs rotate in and no letterform repeats identically in sequence, mimicking how handwriting naturally shifts on a page.

The result keeps its irregularities by design — uneven closures, inconsistent weight, forms closer to drawing than lettering.
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Commissioned by Shivangi Kalra

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2026