ColomboType #002, held on Saturday, May 13th, 2018, at the Royal Asiatic Society, featured a series of engaging talks by experts in typography and design.

Russell Miranda, Art-Based Creative Director at Dentsu Grant Group, discussed the significance of typography in advertising, emphasizing how it can be a powerful tool for conveying ideas.

Pathum Egodawatta, a type designer and researcher, delved into the latest developments in Sinhala fonts, focusing on advancements beyond Unicode limitations.

Chamila Liyanage, a Senior Research Assistant at UCSC, explored the progress of Sinhala Optical Character Recognition, highlighting the shift from images to text in the digital realm.