Old School - The Last Calligraphers

I have a personal affinity for typography and letterforms, and I have always been fascinated by calligraphy, one of the oldest art forms, and to me it is like the forefather to graffiti and the idea that the style of medium can say just as much as the message. A part of what we do at Vane is bring things back, to reintroduce people to an older, more traditional way of doing things, be it classically tailored garments, localized production, or vintage chains and jewelry.

The Musalman is on a whole other level. It is a tiny newspaper in India, is entirely written by hand in Urdu, the native language to Pakistan and parts of Southern India. Running since 1927, the Mussalman is the last remaining handwritten newspaper in all of Asia. See the story in The Last Calligraphers, a documentary by Premjit Ramachandran.