Speaker Sumanthri Samarawickrama

Sumanthri Samarawickrama is a senior lecturer in the Department of Integrated Design, Faculty of Architecture, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. Her area of research concerns the anatomy of Sinhala letterforms. This has led her to document the evolution of Sinhala type, which she believes is essential to type education. She completed a master’s degree in visual communication design at Lasalle College of the Arts, Singapore, and a PhD in typography at the University of Moratuwa. While continuing her own research, she supervises many graduate students on type-based research. スマントゥリ・サマラウィクラマはスリランカのモラトゥワ大学建築学部の統合デザイン科上級講師。彼女の専門はシンハラ文字の形態。それを端緒に、タイポグラフィ教育の要としてシンハラ活字の記録調査を始める。彼女はシンガポールのラサール美術大学の視覚伝達デザイン修士号と、モラトゥワ大学のタイポグラフィ博士号を保持。自身の調査のかたわら、他の大学院生のタイポグラフィ主体の調査も監修している