Nigerian type designer launches new typeface inspired by the traditional Oja flute from Eastern Nigeria
Oja Display, designed by Chisaokwu Joboson, is a bold and expressive typeface inspired by the anatomical structure of the traditional Oja flute from Eastern Nigeria.
Nigerian-based brand and type designer Chisaokwu Joboson, on Wednesday, announced the release of his latest typeface—Oja Display, a bold and expressive typeface inspired by the anatomical structure of the traditional Oja flute from Eastern Nigeria.
Announcing the typeface, he wrote, “I’m thrilled to have finally completed what began about a year ago as a type design exploration on African flutes.
“Today, I present Oja Display, a bold and expressive typeface inspired by the anatomical structure of the traditional Oja flute from Eastern Nigeria.”
Oja Display, he explains, “features unique counterforms shaped like the flute's finger holes and boldly tapered stems, striking a balance between modernity and heritage.”
He notes that Oja Display features 1,042 glyphs, and supports over 180 languages, and “is ideal for impactful headlines, editorial design, branding, and cultural projects.”
Joboson, who released his first typeface in collaboration with Google Fonts, shared that Oja Display is his second released contemporary typeface under Udi Type Foundry, an independent type design foundry he founded.
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Oja Display is one of the many typeface ideas Joboson has been working on in the last year. In a conversation with The Creatives Note last April, Joboson shared, “I have a number of ideas on different typefaces and I am currently exploring and working on 5 different typefaces, all of African essence, which I would like to put out.”
