Speaker Tharique Azeez

Tharique Azeez is a designer, educator, and type enthusiast passionate about making typography and lettering accessible across scripts and cultures. With over a decade of experience in design education, he specializes in teaching Tamil typography to beginners, including those who do not speak or read the language.Tharique’s work focuses on building playful, inclusive pedagogies that encourage curiosity, experimentation, and cross-script creativity. He believes that typography is not just about letters, it is a bridge between cultures, stories, and identities. Through workshops and courses, he has guided students from diverse backgrounds to approach unfamiliar scripts with confidence and joy.Beyond education, Tharique creates typographic projects that explore multiscript design, visual storytelling, and the cultural dimensions of writing systems. His hands-on approach empowers learners to embrace experimentation while understanding structure and rhythm in letterforms.