Google Fonts adds Tac One—a typeface created by Nigerian design trio—to its catalogue
Tac One, a single-weight, bold Sans Serif typeface, designed by Nigerian design trio—Seyi Olusanya, Eyiyemi Adegbite and David Udoh—has just been added to Google Fonts' catalogue of open-source fonts
Last week, Google Fonts announced the addition of Tac One, a single-weight, bold Sans Serif typeface, designed by Nigerian design trio—Seyi Olusanya, Eyiyemi Adegbite and David Udoh—to its robust catalogue of open-source fonts.
Tac One—inspired by the wordmark of Festac '77, one of the most significant festivals in Africa's post-colonial history—is a single-weight, bold Sans Serif that expands upon the six lowercase letters, single quotes and number 7 in the wordmark, resulting in a full Google SSA character set.
“Tac supports over 500 African languages and over 900 languages, globally,” Afrotype noted.
“Tac is the first proper typeface I've designed. It was challenging but fun. It is inspired by the wordmark from Festac '77. Worked on this with the talented duo, Eyiyemi Adegbite and David Udoh,” Seyi Olusanya, type designer at Afrotype, shared.
“Also got tons of support from Dave, Thomas, Lizy and Travis, Mirko (who basically held my hands throughout this process), Ksenya, Laura and boomstho (Amoke Adey),” he added. “I'm very proud of this one. Tac is live on Google Fonts.”
David Udoh, a Lagos-based Art Director & Designer who has worked across various design disciplines, focusing on branding and advertising, wrote, “I had a surreal time working on this with the best guys, Seyi and Eyiyemi. Tac is now live on Google Fonts, check it out!”
Sharing about the project, Eyiyemi Adegbite—a multi-disciplinary designer and art director currently working from Lagos, Nigeria—wrote, “Absolutely thrilled to have collaborated with such talented people Seyi & David on this historical project! Tac is now live on Google Fonts.”
Google Fonts’ addition of Tac One to its catalogue comes a month after it addition of 2 typefaces—created by a Nigerian and a Zimbabwean designer—to its catalogue.
Last month, The Creatives Note reported the addition of Ojuju, a san-serif typeface of an afro-grotesque style, created by Chisaokwu Joboson, a Nigerian-based brand and type designer, and Madimi, a rounded-sans with a mixed geometric and organic design, created by Taurai Valerie Mtake, a Zimbabwean visual communicator and type designer, by Google Fonts’ to its catalogue of open-source fonts.
