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Google Fonts adds Matemasie, an ultra-bold display typeface that draws inspiration from the Adinkra symbol 'Mate Masie', to its catalogue
Designed by Adam Yeo, a graphic and type designer from Côte d'Ivoire, the Matemasie display typeface is characterised by rounded edges and a distinctive…
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Sankofa Display, a typeface that draws inspiration from African art styles, with a focus on straight-line geometric designs, is now live on…
Designed by Batsirai Madzonga, Sankofa Display blends cultural motifs with contemporary design, celebrating African heritage.
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Google Fonts adds Ga Maamli, a font inspired by handwritten posters found in Accra, to its catalogue
Ga Maamli, designed by Afotey Clement Nii Odai, Ama Diaka, and David Abbey-Thompson, is a font inspired by the historic handwritten posters found in the…
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Seyi Olusanya on getting into type design, founding Afrotype, and collaborating with Google Fonts
In a conversation with The Creatives Note, Seyi Olusanya, the founder of Afrotype, talks about getting into type design, founding Afrotype, and…
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Google Fonts adds Danfo, a tuscan serif font designed by Afrotype—a Lagos-based type studio—to its catalogue
Drawing inspiration from the iconic 'Danfo' buses of Lagos, Nigeria, Danfo is an improvement of Danfo Std, designed by Seyi Olusanya, the founder of…
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Nigerian type designer launches TypeAfrik, a design community for African creatives interested in type design
TypeAfrik is a type design community that aims to help get more Africans into type design by bridging the type education gap, according to Joboson, who…
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Chisaokwu Joboson talks working with Google Fonts on the Ojuju typeface, the public reaction to its launch, and his mission to create more…
The Creatives Note caught up with Nigerian-based brand and type designer Chisaokwu Joboson to discuss the inspiration behind the Ojuju typeface, and how…
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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…
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"It's a dream come true" — Zimbabwean visual communicator and type designer, Taurai Valerie Mtake, on working with Google Fonts to create…
The Creatives Note caught up with Zimbabwean type designer, Taurai Valerie Mtake, to discuss how the Madimi one typeface project with Google Fonts came…
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Google Fonts adds 2 typefaces—created by a Nigerian and a Zimbabwean designer—to its catalogue
"Ojuju" by Chisaokwu Joboson, a Nigerian-based brand and type designer, and "Madimi" by Taurai Valerie Mtake, a Zimbabwean visual communicator and type…
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