Chisaokwu Joboson has just unveiled the ‘Ojuju’ typeface; the word mainly associated with ‘Ojuju Calabar’ is translated to mean ‘Masquerade”. The inspiration is a reference to the eye sockets of African masks worn by masquerades. After about 5 months of constantly sharing the work-in-progress, Joboson unveiled the Ojuju typeface for any one to download and use. Mirko Velimirović also contributed to the project by providing font engineering support and project supervision. This Afro-grotesque family of fonts is a reverse contrast typeface, with 7 styles to choose from (Extralight, light, medium, semi-bold, bold, and extra-bold), and supports 514 African languages. This font is available to try out and download for free on Google Fonts. ‘Ojuju’ is published by Udi Foundry.

Joboson is a Nigerian-based brand and type designer. He creates contemporary typefaces under his independent type foundry called Ụdị, meticulously crafted to accommodate various African language scripts.

If you loved this project, and will like to put it to work on a project, download the font family for free on Google Fonts.