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Graphik Tamil Family

Grotesk plainness adapted to Tamil script

Graphik Tamil extends Christian Schwartz's 2009 Graphik to the Tamil script. Designed by Hitesh Malaviya with creative direction from Shiva Nallaperumal at November, it adapts Graphik's plain, mid-century sensibility to Tamil letterforms.

Set in Graphik Tamil

Insights

Graphik drew from lesser-known mid-century types rather than canonical grotesks like Helvetica, Univers, or Futura.
The Tamil extension had a separate design lead (Hitesh Malaviya) and creative director (Shiva Nallaperumal at November), with Christian Schwartz credited on the project.