Habibi by Magnus Gaarde of Sorkin Type Co. is a free high-contrast serif font with a grand, literary air. Fine hairlines and crisply bracketed serifs sharpen its broad, elegant silhouette.
Book covers are an especially convincing setting, since the poised proportions suit classic fiction and contemporary literary titles. The same refined drawing can lend restaurant branding and specialty packaging a cultured, established voice, with unusual curves keeping the result from feeling overly traditional. It also fits museum programs and arts events aimed at readers who appreciate typography with historical polish and subtly idiosyncratic letter shapes.
Habibi is a high contrast serifed text face. Habibi is easy to read and offers a certain elegance to go with this. Habibi draws both on the qualities of 15th and 16th century text faces and on crisp contenporary ones. Habibi can be used from small sizes to larger display settings.
Extended font information
Platforms supported
PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 2.0 and onwards semantics, Unicode BMP only.
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only
Font details
Created2011-12-17
Revision1
Glyph count426
Units per Em2048
Embedding rightsEmbedding for permanent installation
Family classModern serifs
WeightSemi-light
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals