Colombo Type #003 was held on 3rd of June, 2018 at Royal Asiatic Society, Mahaweli Center.

The event was graced with two valuable presentations by Akuru Collective members Samadara Ginige and Dr. Kavan Ratnatunga

Samadara is a well-known freelance logo designer in Colombo. Her work reflects her love for typography and that’s what she wanted to share with our audience. She talked about her typographic design process, taking few inspirational examples from her own designs.

Dr. Kavan shared his knowledge on Brahmi, Nagari, tamil and sinhala on coins and currency of Lanka. We got the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see and hold many rare coins from the past. Everybody was keen to discuss the letterforms found in coins as well as the use of sinhala numerals which has since then gone unexploited.

After a quick tea and treats, Colombo Type said goodbyes until the next meetup.