With a global view and local roots, Mooniak specializes in producing multi-script fonts and typography for Lankan audiences in Sinhala, Tamil, and English languages. In addition to incubating and releasing open-source fonts, we also provide custom typeface design, logotype design, lettering, and editorial design services for select clients. Almost all of Mooniak's work is published under Libre/Open source licenses. We take pride in building a thriving community of letterform lovers in Sri Lanka, and with a small team of full-timers and collaborators from all around the world, we are advancing the Lankan visual identity.
A Brief History of a Foundry
In its first decade Mooniak was a point of collaboration which launched many projects.
Mooniak has been operating as a collective of creatives focusing on community impact design projects since 2010. While the team consists of a multidisciplinary team, our primary focus is on typography and type design projects and providing services to commercial entities to enable effective communications in all three official languages of Sri Lanka.
In 2015 Mooniak received funds from Google to produce a set of Sinhala, Tamil and Latin fonts and was subsequently incorporated as a private limited company in Sri Lanka. In 2015–2016 Mooniak exclusively worked on producing the first ever web font families to support Sinhala, Tamil and Latin scripts enabling better communications in Sinhala, Tamil and English. Mooniak developed and released tools, workflows and research relating to the projects under open licenses making it one of the biggest open culture projects in Sri Lanka.
Since 2016 Mooniak has focused on editorial design projects and introduced building awareness in multilingual typography among the Sri Lanka community and has focused on knowledge exchange projects. The design studio works on selected commercial projects, mostly focusing on CSR related projects. Mooniak takes pride in participating in a number of international design projects, such as designing for International Unicode Consortium, MICT international and consulting on a number of international type design projects.
Mooniak has been operating as a collective of creatives focusing on community impact design projects since 2010. While the team consists of a multidisciplinary team, our primary focus is on typography and type design projects and providing services to commercial entities to enable effective communications in all three official languages of Sri Lanka.
In 2015 Mooniak received funds from Google to produce a set of Sinhala, Tamil and Latin fonts and was subsequently incorporated as a private limited company in Sri Lanka. In 2015–2016 Mooniak exclusively worked on producing the first ever web font families to support Sinhala, Tamil and Latin scripts enabling better communications in Sinhala, Tamil and English. Mooniak developed and released tools, workflows and research relating to the projects under open licenses making it one of the biggest open culture projects in Sri Lanka.
Since 2016 Mooniak has focused on editorial design projects and introduced building awareness in multilingual typography among the Sri Lanka community and has focused on knowledge exchange projects. The design studio works on selected commercial projects, mostly focusing on CSR related projects. Mooniak takes pride in participating in a number of international design projects, such as designing for International Unicode Consortium, MICT international and consulting on a number of international type design projects.
Meet the Team
Pathum is a typeface designer, font engineer and a researcher of typography. He specializes in type and typography of South Asian scripts with a focus on Sinhala and Tamil scripts and multilingual communications. Pathum received his MA in Typeface Design from the University of Reading with a distinction in 2016 and a BA in Graphic Design from the Academy of Design (AOD), Colombo with a distinction in 2013. He is currently based in Colombo, Sri Lanka leading Mooniak – a multidisciplinary design, art direction and technology practice with an emphasis on type. Pathum and the team provides consulting on South Indian script related localisation, type design, typography and multilingual communication. He is also the co-founder of Akuru Collective and Curator at W.A. Silva Museum & Printing Press.
Kosala Senevirathne is a type designer from Sri Lanka with a focus on his native script, Sinhala. His practice spans typeface design, typographic research, and multiscript editorial design, guided by a commitment to bridging communication gaps among Sri Lanka’s official languages. He advocates for language equality and multilingual design in inclusive communication. Kosala has contributed to projects developing typefaces that integrate Sinhala, Tamil, and English, enabling smoother publishing and design workflows. He pursued advanced typography through collaborations with international foundries. Based in Colombo, he leads South Asian script development and co‑organizes workshops promoting typographic literacy and innovation.
Rajitha is a self‑taught designer from Sri Lanka with a focus on Sinhala fonts, reflecting his mother tongue and cultural heritage. With a background in UI/UX and web design, his practice emphasizes the need for trilingual communication on the Sri Lankan web, integrating Sinhala, Tamil, and English for accessibility and inclusivity. His work extends into exploring Sri Lankan identity, seeking ways to represent it authentically and sustainably for the future. Rajitha has contributed to projects highlighting typography’s role in bridging linguistic divides and shaping digital experiences. Based in Colombo, he develops typefaces, consults on multilingual design, and researches how visual communication can preserve and project Sri Lanka’s evolving identity.