font_foundry: Scholtz Fonts

Mafuta

Mafuta font

Mafuta is a round, happy font, named for the Zulu word for “fat”. In tribal societies in Africa, where food was often scarce and almost never easily come by, it was considered desirable to...

Makonde

Makonde font

I have named the font “Makonde” after an tribal group in southeast Tanzania and northern Mozambique that is well known for their intricate and semi-realistic wood carvings. The patterns that decorate the Makonde font...

ZebraSkin

ZebraSkin font

ZebraSkin is an exciting, contemporary display font, incorporating the distinctive markings of one of Africa’s most striking animals. One style is available: ZebraSkin Aarde, based on the Aarde Black font. It is best used...

Aarde

Aarde font

This is the definitive standard African font. It combines wonderful readability with tremendous panache. The fact that it has a full character set (UPPER and lower case), all punctuation and all special characters, means...

Centric

Centric font

Centric is a rounded and happy font. The circular design that covers the face of this font was inspired by the ripples made when a pebble is thrown into a pond. The outline shapes...

LeopardSkin

LeopardSkin font

LeopardSkin is an exciting, contemporary display font, incorporating the distinctive markings of one of Africa’s most famous “big cats”. Two versions are available: LeopardSkin Aarde, based on the Aarde Black font, is best used...

Sondela

Sondela font

Sondela is a gently rounded, informal font, whose name means “welcome” or “come closer”. It echoes the openhearted tradition of the Zulu people, where all who come are welcome. The font is available in...

Zaire SF

Zaire SF font

Zaire SF is a distinctive, elegant, ethnic style font, inspired by the ancient masking traditions of the tribes indigenous to Zaire in Central Africa. The font captures the magic of the mask, representing the...

Always

Always font

Always is an elegant script font in six styles. Always makes full use of extravagant ascenders and descenders, giving the font a generous, opulent appearance. To use the font to its best advantage, we...

Sprig

Sprig font

Sprig is a dynamic font that combines in-your-face chutzpah with contemporary brushstrokes. The character shapes are contained, yet give a feeling of casual, off the cuff ease. In some, subtle ways it pays its...