Ray Bizarre: an alternate approach to typography

On the texture of Satyajit Ray’s graphic design

Neel Dozome
UX Collective
Published in
25 min readSep 28, 2023

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A screen grab from Satyajit Ray film “Charulata”. It is a beautifully styled traditional Indian woman observing herself in a mirror while holding a wad of cash.
From Satyajit Ray’s Charulata. Described as his most “ornate” film.

Pinaki De, a graphic designer and expert on Satyajit Ray, writes of the artist’s career as a commercial illustrator (which includes thousands of sketches, logos, posters, magazine art, film credits, costume sketches and such works):

“Ray’s contribution to graphic design has…

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Neel Dozome is a London (UK) based blogger interested in culture and technology with a particular focus on type design and UX/GameDev.