Author's note

African Symbols by Manfred Klein is a free symbolic dingbat font built around bold geometric emblems and dense ornamental forms. Concentric rings, interlaced knots, pointed silhouettes, and sunlike circles recur throughout.

Poster design is an especially convincing setting, since these compact marks can serve as emblems beside festival lettering, album artwork, or editorial features concerned with folklore and visual culture. The repeated symmetry and enclosed shapes connect these signs to seal, medallion, and textile imagery, letting each symbol become part of an illustrated theme rather than merely taking the place of a letter.

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
Copyright (c) M. Klein, 12-2005.
Font family
AfricanSymbols
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
AfricanSymbols
Full font name
AfricanSymbols
Name table version
1.0 2005-12-14
Postscript font name
AfricanSymbols

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Created2005-12-17
Revision1
Glyph count225
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsEmbedding for permanent installation
Family classSymbolic
WeightMedium (normal)
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleBold
DirectionMixed directional glyphs
Pattern natureRegular
PitchNot monospaced