Sign-painting and Font-Making in a Digital Era

The Story of Painter Kafeel

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Based in the narrow streets that surround Jama Masjid in old Delhi’s Chandni Chowk, Kafeel explains to me that he works out of relatively a small workspace. “There’s not a lot to see here, but you can come by in the afternoon.”

I have wanted to buy an artwork from him ever since I discovered his work, but I do not know if he has retired. “It will be a distance for me to commute to, as I am based on the peripheries of the national capital region. Its also so cold these days,” I tell him. So we decide to communicate over the phone — a way for me to both commission a work and conduct a brief interview with him.