PORTFOLIOISSUE 03 · MARCH 2026

ON THE COVER

Priya Sharma

Architecture student, type designer, and the only person in her studio who still draws by hand. A profile in five projects.

PORTFOLIO BY P. SHARMA

PG · 01

FEATURE · 02

Born in Pune. Studied architecture at CEPT. Now in her final year, splitting time between the studio and a small type foundry she runs with two friends.

On building things you don't yet have the words for

She first learned to draw on graph paper her grandfather brought home from the mill. Twenty years later, the lines have gotten finer, but the obsession is the same: to make a small object that holds a much larger idea. This is a portfolio of those attempts.

FEATURES · 03

Five things she has been making this year

p. 12

PRINT2025

On Wax & Pulp

A 48-page riso zine on the small history of Pune's defunct mills.

p. 22

TYPE2025

Kallavi

A revival of a 1962 Marathi display face, reissued for screen.

p. 30

SPACE2024

Loom House

A 64-square-meter weaver's home built around four trees and a courtyard.

p. 41

WEB2024

Tatva

A reading platform for Indian-language essays. Designed to feel like paper.

INDEX · 04

Tools, materials, formats

Software

Figma01
Glyphs 302
InDesign03
Webflow04
Cinema 4D05

Code

HTML & CSS01
p5.js02
TypeScript03

Process

Letterpress01
Riso02
Hand-set type03
Drafting04

Words

English01
Hindi02
Marathi03
Reading French04

DOSSIER · 05

A working list of where I've been

2025

Type Design Intern

Indian Type Foundry · Ahmedabad

Drew the regular weight of an upcoming Devanagari display family.

2024

Assistant

Studio Atlas · Bombay

Worked on signage and print for a textile museum in Kutch.

2023

Editor

CEPT Quarterly · Ahmedabad

Commissioned and laid out four issues of the school's student magazine.

MASTHEAD · 06

Write a letter to the editor

priya@example.com

Also at

Studio 4B, Pune · India

Set in Instrument Serif and Söhne. Printed on 90gsm uncoated. Published in a small edition by the author.

FEATURE · 02

Born in Pune. Studied architecture at CEPT. Now in her final year, splitting time between the studio and a small type foundry she runs with two friends.