Description
Amhara font by ingoFonts is a free font family defined by its unique character alignment and geometric influence. Inspired by cultural elements with a modern interpretation, the font carries a bold presence and artistic flair. It is characterized by slight visual quirks, like a playful combination of bold and thin strokes, and a slightly uneven character height. These give it an artistic and unique quality, while it still holds a contemporary relevance in the modern digital space.
Considering these elements, Amhara is a good fit for artistic, contemporary creative projects. It is particularly well-suited to abstract logo designs, product packaging, and magazines or editorial designs. Set it as the title font of websites or posters for impactful impressions. Branding and marketing can also benefit from its unique visual treatment relying on the font’s exceptional appearance.
This font by ingoFonts is free for personal use. A donation or license purchase is advisable if you wish to use it commercially.
Considering these elements, Amhara is a good fit for artistic, contemporary creative projects. It is particularly well-suited to abstract logo designs, product packaging, and magazines or editorial designs. Set it as the title font of websites or posters for impactful impressions. Branding and marketing can also benefit from its unique visual treatment relying on the font’s exceptional appearance.
This font by ingoFonts is free for personal use. A donation or license purchase is advisable if you wish to use it commercially.
Author's note
An experiment: a "Latin" alphabet modeled on the Ethiopian Ge'ez script.
Amhara was created by transferring the typical Amharic forms to the West European alphabet. Nearly all of the formal characteristics of Ge'ez could be carried over into the lowercase letters.
Typical for the Ethiopian script are the specially emphasized expanded verticals resulting from the horizontal position of the pen. The form which appears most frequently and thus influences the overall picture the most is the open bow at the bottom. The symmetrical bowl at the transition of the expanded to the light and again expanded determines the appearance of the font considerably. Also typical of Semitic scripts are the many forms of commas, serifs, rings, and all kinds of additional accessories. With these so-called diacritic marks, the desired vowel sounds are added to the 28 basic consonant characters, and consequently, 276 different syllable characters are attained. In this way, there is a wealth of forms in the details which makes it possible to put together the components for European characters.
At the same time, some forms hardly ever appear in Ge'ez: the individual straight stroke (as in I) and the diagonal stroke from the top right to the bottom left (only appears in Z). All Amharic characters have at least a hint of a stroke from the top left and a small downstroke at the bottom towards the right. To a great extent, the attempt was made to retain this direction of movement in Amhara.
The lowercase characters have a restless appearance (very intentional) and are not fluently legible. In this way, the foreign and exotic impression of the African model is still present.
At ingoFonts, all fonts can be downloaded. Gratis. Free. Here's the catch:
The files offered here to download contain only a reduced font. That means, the font only consists of uppercase and lowercase from A to Z or rather, a to z. The complete font including numerals, umlauts, punctuation, and especially ligatures is only available with your order and your cash.
Amhara was created by transferring the typical Amharic forms to the West European alphabet. Nearly all of the formal characteristics of Ge'ez could be carried over into the lowercase letters.
Typical for the Ethiopian script are the specially emphasized expanded verticals resulting from the horizontal position of the pen. The form which appears most frequently and thus influences the overall picture the most is the open bow at the bottom. The symmetrical bowl at the transition of the expanded to the light and again expanded determines the appearance of the font considerably. Also typical of Semitic scripts are the many forms of commas, serifs, rings, and all kinds of additional accessories. With these so-called diacritic marks, the desired vowel sounds are added to the 28 basic consonant characters, and consequently, 276 different syllable characters are attained. In this way, there is a wealth of forms in the details which makes it possible to put together the components for European characters.
At the same time, some forms hardly ever appear in Ge'ez: the individual straight stroke (as in I) and the diagonal stroke from the top right to the bottom left (only appears in Z). All Amharic characters have at least a hint of a stroke from the top left and a small downstroke at the bottom towards the right. To a great extent, the attempt was made to retain this direction of movement in Amhara.
The lowercase characters have a restless appearance (very intentional) and are not fluently legible. In this way, the foreign and exotic impression of the African model is still present.
At ingoFonts, all fonts can be downloaded. Gratis. Free. Here's the catch:
The files offered here to download contain only a reduced font. That means, the font only consists of uppercase and lowercase from A to Z or rather, a to z. The complete font including numerals, umlauts, punctuation, and especially ligatures is only available with your order and your cash.
