font-african-sans ☆
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Type: Cask  |  Latest Version: 9.3.8@0  |  Tracked Since: Dec 17, 2025
Links: Homepage  |  formulae.brew.sh
Category: Fonts
Tags: fonts african unicode typography language
Install: brew install --cask font-african-sans
About:
African Sans is a Unicode-compliant font family designed to support the diverse languages of Sub-Saharan Africa. It provides comprehensive coverage for African languages using the Latin and African reference fonts, ensuring proper rendering for text in these scripts. This package makes the font readily available for system-wide use on macOS.
Key Features:
  • Supports a wide range of African languages
  • Unicode-compliant for modern text rendering
  • Includes regular and bold weights
  • Optimized for screen readability
Use Cases:
  • Documenting and typesetting African language texts
  • Developing multilingual applications for African markets
  • General-purpose use for clear, legible on-screen text
Alternatives:
  • font-noto-sans – Noto Sans offers broader global language coverage, while African Sans is specifically optimized for African scripts.
  • font-dejavu-sans – DejaVu Sans is a more general-purpose font with extensive Unicode support, but lacks the specific design focus for African languages.
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