{
  "id": "rtd-p-000032",
  "slug": "pratyush-das",
  "name": {
    "preferred": "Pratyush Das",
    "alternates": []
  },
  "countries": [
    "India"
  ],
  "roles": [
    "type designer"
  ],
  "affiliations": [
    {
      "name": "Indian Type Foundry"
    }
  ],
  "bio": "Odisha-born type designer focused on Odia typefaces. Designed Ashoka Odia, the Indian Type Foundry's first commercial Odia typeface and the first Odia text typeface to apply Latin-style stroke contrast.",
  "external_ids": {
    "wikidata_qid": "Q123056432"
  },
  "sources": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.typotheque.com/authors/pratyush-das",
      "title": "Pratyush Das - Typotheque"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://typographica.org/typeface-reviews/ashoka-odia/",
      "title": "Ashoka Odia - Typographica"
    }
  ],
  "record_status": "active",
  "superseded_by": null,
  "created_at": "2026-08-05",
  "updated_at": "2026-08-05",
  "canonical_url": "https://rtd.theofdn.org/people/pratyush-das/",
  "api_url": "https://rtd.theofdn.org/api/people/rtd-p-000032.json",
  "typefaces": [
    {
      "id": "rtd-t-000025",
      "slug": "ashoka-odia",
      "name": "Ashoka Odia",
      "role": "designer"
    },
    {
      "id": "rtd-t-000046",
      "slug": "november",
      "name": "November",
      "role": "designer"
    },
    {
      "id": "rtd-t-000047",
      "slug": "october",
      "name": "October",
      "role": "designer"
    }
  ]
}