Afrotype (@useafrotype) / X

Afrotype

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Afrotype

@useafrotype

Currently working on a revival typeface inspired by Festac' 77, Tac, and a variable typeface inspired by Danfo lettering, Danfo [email protected]

Lagos, Nigeria

Joined July 2022

Afrotype
@useafrotype
Apr 5, 2024
Our first project with Google Fonts, Tac, is up! Go check it out!
Google Fonts
@googlefonts
Apr 5, 2024
New Font! Tac One by Seyi Olusanya, Eyiyemi Adegbite and David Udoh is a single-weight, bold San serif inspired by the wordmark of one of the most significant festivals in Africa's post-colonial history, Festac '77. fonts.google.com/specimen/Tac+O…
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Afrotype
@useafrotype
May 15, 2024
We ran with it!
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Afrotype
@useafrotype
Jun 24, 2023
Festac 77' but make it 23'. Who's performing?
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Afrotype
@useafrotype
Dec 7, 2023
Early experiments with Danfo* 2.0. We are making the cutouts variable so you can alternate between simple and wild!
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Afrotype
@useafrotype
Apr 11, 2024
Asterisk earring? We might just make a few of those.
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Afrotype
@useafrotype
Jun 8, 2024
Aye! 🕺🚌
Illustrator Tricks
@AiTricks
Jun 8, 2024
10 Adobe Fonts:
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Afrotype
@useafrotype
Oct 24, 2023
Some proofs. We've made some progress on our Festac 77' inspired font! Designed a first pass at uppercase letters.
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Afrotype
@useafrotype
May 15, 2024
Our second project with @googlefonts is live. Danfo is an improvement of Danfo Std, designed by @ogbeniseyi in 2018. With the help of @davidjamesudoh, @eyiyemi_x and @mrkvlmrvc, Danfo now features numbers, punctuation, symbols and language support for over 900 languages!
Google Fonts
@googlefonts
May 15, 2024
Danfo by @useafrotype is a variable font with a new “Element Shape” axis. The three main styles reflect different cut-out shapes inspired by the vinyl cut-out lettering of the public transportation buses in Lagos, Nigeria. Danfo covers all of the Google sub-saharan African
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Afrotype
@useafrotype
Apr 24, 2024
Type pairing >>>>>
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Afrotype
@useafrotype
Jun 1, 2023
Some number sketches for a typeface we've been working on. What popular African event in the late 1970s inspired this?
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Afrotype
@useafrotype
Apr 6, 2024
Lovely new counter in the A. Sits really well!
Theodox
@akintheodoxx
Apr 6, 2024
TAC ✨
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Afrotype
@useafrotype
Oct 26, 2023
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Afrotype
@useafrotype
May 13, 2024
Learn some more about Festac '77, test with proofers and read about how we designed Tac! afrotype.com/tac Website: @howtonull
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Afrotype
@useafrotype
Jun 24, 2023
As at today, the 24th of June, 2023, we have designed and built 26 of 26 lowercase letters of Festac 23' (tentative name). We will be focusing on ligatures and open type features next.
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