Author's note

Africa by Lime is a free African-inspired pictorial dingbat font built from hand-drawn silhouettes of people, animals, and birds. Its irregular contours and lively poses resemble cut-paper folk illustrations, with each symbol reading as a small scene rather than a conventional letter.

Poster design and educational publishing gain an immediate storytelling element from these lively pictograms. In event graphics, merchandise, and cultural arts programs, the cattle, birds, dancers, and musicians can become recognizable parts of a larger illustrated narrative.

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
©Lime 2000
Font family
Africa
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
Macromedia Fontographer 4.1 Africa
Full font name
Africa
Name table version
Macromedia Fontographer 4.1 2000-08-13
Postscript font name
Africa

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 1.0 semantics
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Created2000-08-13
Revision1
Glyph count40
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsEmbedding restricted (not allowed!)
Family classSymbolic
WeightMedium (normal)
WidthMedium (normal)
Width typeNormal
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureRegular
StyleUpright
Stroke weightBook, text, regular, etc.
PitchNot monospaced
Symbol setWindows 3.1 ANSI