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Decolonizing typography: creating a font for Afrikan writing systems

The driving force behind my relentless mission to create digital fonts for Afrikan writing systems, one letter at a time. In this case…

Mar 10, 2022

There is a Bassa proverb written using the Bassa alphabet. The proverb is displayed using 2 font weights, regular and bold.

Mar 10, 2022

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Understanding multilingual typography

Typography is the designers most crucial tool in visual communication, enabling us to clearly communicate the intended message & sometimes…

Apr 1, 2022

Title cover showing the article title and letters from the Old Bamum syllabary and Tifinagh Alphabet.

Apr 1, 2022

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You think you know Afrikan fonts? Think again

Afrikan fonts. What do you visualize? Tribal looking, grungy, handwritten & the like. Whatever you’ve pictured in your head, is it an…

Mar 25, 2022

Banner showing characters of the Mende script.

Mar 25, 2022

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Designing a font for the Mwangwego script

Crazy workarounds! Yes, pretty much sums up the whole process. When designing fonts supporting writing systems (popularly referred to as…

Mar 14, 2022

A screenshot of Mwangwego characters in FontLab 6.

Mar 14, 2022

How to learn a new skill in 5 steps.

“Staying relevant requires learning.”

Sep 4, 2020

How to learn a new skill in 5 steps.

Sep 4, 2020

How to get anything done. Literally, anything.

Do you ever struggle to finish projects? assignments? executing ideas? Yes, me too! well, sometimes. I’m going to share with you in this…

Sep 1, 2020

How to get anything done. Literally, anything.

Sep 1, 2020

How to create a Logo Design Brief.

Do designers just jump in straight to the drawing board when working on a project? Well, that depends on who you ask. Successful designers…

Nov 18, 2019

Nov 18, 2019

Logo Modernization: EMA (Environmental Management Agency) Zimbabwe. [Case Study]

A logo’s primary purpose is to identify. It’s the face of the company. Taking this into consideration, a good logo is identifiable…

Nov 16, 2019

Nov 16, 2019

Review: MAZ (Marketers Association of Zimbabwe) Exceptional Marketing Awards. Part 1

Before I start the review, please bear with me, this is not any kind of personal attack on the awards or the awarded but a pure objective…

Nov 13, 2019

Review: MAZ (Marketers Association of Zimbabwe) Exceptional Marketing Awards. Part 1

Nov 13, 2019

Getting started in Typeface Design

With thousands of typefaces at our disposal, graphic designers are often faced with the challenge of choosing the perfect typeface for a…

Nov 12, 2019

Getting started in Typeface Design

Nov 12, 2019

Tapiwanashe Sebastian Garikayi

Tapiwanashe Sebastian Garikayi

Graphic Design Consultant & Type Designer. Creating Afrikan inspired design & crafting fonts for Afrikan writing systems.

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