Neelakash Kshetrimayum

Neelakash Kshetrimayum, a typeface and graphic designer from Manipur, India, co-founded The Type Design Dept. (TTDD) to explore identity and culture through letterforms. He specialises in multi-script type design, with a focus on Indian scripts. 

A graphic design graduate from the National Institute of Design (NID), India, and with a Master’s in Typeface Design from the University of Reading, United Kingdom, Neelakash has collaborated with global clients including Adobe, Google, Microsoft, Monotype, and Ananda Bazar Patrika (ABP). His notable projects include Adobe Bengali, Myriad Bengali (Adobe), and Linotype Bengali (Monotype). He also played a key role in developing November Bangla and November Meetei Mayek (Typotheque). Alongside Fiona Ross, he led a team to design the ABPN fonts for its television channels in multiple languages, including Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Punjabi, Gujarati, Tamil, and Telugu.