font_designer: Anton Scholtz

The use of pattern is strongly integrated into African art, craft and culture. If you are creating designs which are to have an African look, then the African Pattern Fonts are an essential resource....

Gently rounded in shape, Kassena is reminiscent of the round thatched huts of the Zulu people. The triangular motif is inspired by the designs used in the decorative crafts of the Nguni African tribes.

This African font is modern and fluid. Its name means “water” in the Zulu language, and like the deep rivers that flow through the African jungles, it contains few straight lines. Use it when...

The name African Gold is associated with Johannesburg, the “City of Gold”; (the Zulu name for Johannesburg is eGoli). The font was so named for two reasons: the intricate African patterns within the characters...

Umkhonto is the Zulu word for SPEAR, the traditional weapon of war that the Zulus used. The sharp points of the letters face upwards and represent the sharp points of the dangerous spears. The...

KubaApplique is a bold and exciting African font that makes use of the interplay of black and white shapes — reminiscent of the Kuba cloths that are made and used by the Bakuba tribe....

Mafuta is a round, happy font, named for the Zulu word for “fat”. In tribal societies in Africa, where food was often scarce and almost never easily come by, it was considered desirable to...

I have named the font “Makonde” after an tribal group in southeast Tanzania and northern Mozambique that is well known for their intricate and semi-realistic wood carvings. The patterns that decorate the Makonde font...

I named the font “Sangoma” after the traditional healers of the Southern African tribes. Sangomas often work by “throwing bones”. The shapes of the bones have suggested the shapes of the characters in the...