modern african typography
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- TheCrunge
anyone have any suggestions on typography that has an african feel, but isn't obscenely obvious?
something a little more modern than this total crap:
http://www.design-africa.com/fon…
- _salisae_0
what part of africa?
- TheCrunge0
oh lord - no idea. something that doesn't feel fucking racist i guess.
- _salisae_0
do you at least know the region?
- _salisae_0
knowing absolutely nothing about which area of africa you're trying to convey .. and after a quick look on flickr .. i guess i'd go with something similar to this
http://flickr.com/photos/rotsak/…
or this:
- monNom0
Try Skia or Lithos. they're based on greek forms, but I think they've got the right balance of modern and human.
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/app…
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/lin…If anyone gives you guff about it, you can always tell them the Ancient Greeks adapted North African letterforms.