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September 26, 2020 at 9:00 am
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Decolonizing Typography: The journey of creating a font for an Afrikan writing system.

  • Tapiwanashe Sebastian Garikayi
In a world dominated by the Latin Alphabet, creating a new writing system is a massive task, furthermore designing a font for a modern writing system can be a equally daunting task. What does it take to create a typeface for an Afrikan writing system? Assessing the Mwangwego script, I will share the background of the script, how it works and learnings from the font creation process.

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