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African Script fonts

Adlam

  • ADLaM Display – OFL 1.1; 1 file (Regular)
  • Ebrima – Commercial; 2 files (Regular, Bold)
  • Kigelia – Commercial; 6 files (Light, Light Italic, Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold Italic)
  • Noto Sans Adlam – OFL 1.1; 4 files (Regular, Medium, SemiBold, Bold); 1 variable font.
  • Noto Sans Adlam Unjoined – OFL 1.1; 4 files (Regular, Medium, SemiBold, Bold); 1 variable font.

Ajami

  • Alkǎlami – OFL 1.1; 1 file (Regular)
  • Harmattan – OFL 1.1; 4 files (Regular, Medium, Semi-Bold, Bold)
  • Kigelia Arabic – Commercial; 3 files (Light, Regular, Bold)
  • Ruwudu – OFL 1.1; 4 files (Regular, Medium, Semi-Bold, Bold)

Bamum

  • Ebrima – Commercial; 2 files (Regular, Bold)
  • Noto Sans Bamum – OFL 1.1; 4 files (Regular, Medium, SemiBold, Bold); 1 variable font.
  • TSG Bamum – Apache 2.0; 1 font file (Regular).

Bassa Vah

  • Noto Sans Bassa Vah – OFL 1.1; 4 files (Regular, Medium, SemiBold, Bold); 1 variable font.
  • TSG Bassa Vah – Apache 2.0; 3 font files (Light, Regular, Bold).

Coptic

  • Noto Sans Coptic – OFL 1.1; 1 file (Regular)
  • Sophia Nubian – OFL 1.1; 4 files (Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold Italic) – for Nubian languages using Coptic script, which are treated as unicameral; no uppercase characters provided.

Ethiopic

Refer to a gallery of Ethiopic fonts.

Medefaidrin

  • Noto Sans Medefaidrin – OFL 1.1; 4 files (Regular, Medium, SemiBold, Bold); 1 variable font.
  • Sans Serif Collection

Mende Kikakui

N'Ko

  • Afronik N'ko – Unknown licensing; 1 file (Regular)
  • Conakry – OFL 1.1; 1 file (Regular).
  • Ebrima – Commercial; 2 files (Regular, Bold)
  • Kigelia – Commercial; 6 files (Light, Light Italic, Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold Italic)
  • Noto Sans N'Ko – OFL 1.1; 1 file (Regular).
  • Noto Sans N'Ko Unjoined – OFL 1.1; 4 files (Regular, Medium, SemiBold, Bold); 1 variable font.
  • TSG N'ko – Apache 2.0 license; 3 files (Light, Regular, Bold)

Osmanya

  • Ebrima – Commercial; 2 files (Regular, Bold)
  • Kigelia – Commercial; 6 files (Light, Light Italic, Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold Italic)
  • Noto Sans Osmanya – OFL 1.1; 1 file (Regular).

Tifinagh

  • Akatab – 6 files (Medium, Regular, Semi Bold, Bold, Extra Bold, Black) – Tamahaq, Tamashek, and Tawallammat languages
  • Ebrima – Commercial; 2 files (Regular, Bold)
  • Noto Sans Tifinagh – OFL 1.1; 1 file (Regular).
  • Tagmukay – OFL 1.1; 2 files (Regular, Bold). – Shifinagh script that supports the Tawallammat dialect of Tamajaq

Vai

  • Code2000 – Shareware; 1 file (Regular)
  • Dukor – OFL 1.1; 2 files (Regular, Italic)
  • Ebrima – Commercial; 2 files (Regular, Bold)
  • Kigelia – Commercial; 6 files (Light, Light Italic, Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold Italic)
  • Noto Sans Vai – OFL 1.1; 1 file (Regular)
  • Vai Slant Unicode – OFL 1.1; 1 file
  • Wakor – OFL 1.1; 2 files (Regular, Oblique)
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