{"title":"Tharique Azeez","description":"Tharique Azeez is a type designer and creative based in Sri Lanka, whose work serves as a vital bridge between traditional Tamil heritage and contemporary digital design. With a background deeply rooted in visual storytelling and a passion for the rhythmic beauty of Indic scripts, Tharique has dedicated his career to revitalizing the Tamil language for a global, screen-first audience. His design philosophy is guided by the belief that typography is the soul of a language, requiring a delicate balance of cultural authenticity and technical precision.\n\n\nHis most notable contribution to the typographic landscape is Kavivanar, a typeface inspired by the unique handwriting of educator Kavivanar M.A. Azeez. The success of Kavivanar—now a staple in the Apple ecosystem on macOS and iOS, as well as a widely used resource on Google Fonts—underscores Tharique's ability to create scripts that are both artistically expressive and rigorously functional. His work is characterised by an exploration of slanted, human-centric forms that offer a refreshing alternative to the rigid structures often found in digital South Asian typography.\n\n\nDriven by a mission to expand the accessibility and aesthetic diversity of Tamil scripts, Tharique continues to develop new typefaces that meet the high standards of global branding and editorial design. He is inspired by the challenge of preserving the organic \"human touch\" of calligraphy within the structured environment of modern software. Through his foundry, he remains committed to providing professional-grade tools that empower designers to communicate with nuance and clarity across all digital platforms.","products":[],"url":"https:\/\/www.myfonts.com\/es\/collections\/tharique-azeez.oembed","provider":"MyFonts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}