Pigiarniq Light Font

Pigiarniq family consisting of 5 fonts
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Author's note

Pigiarniq Light, from the Government of Nunavut Legislative Assembly of Nunavut and Tiro Typeworks, is a free humanist sans serif with a calm, open rhythm. Its letters feel gently drawn rather than engineered, mixing soft round forms with tall, airy strokes, and the overall color stays light without turning brittle.

That makes it a natural fit for cultural branding, exhibition graphics, editorial headings, wayfinding systems, and simple poster work where a free font needs to feel contemporary but not cold. It also suits short title lines and introductory pull quotes, since the rounded shapes and easy spacing keep the tone welcoming and clear.

Tags

BasicForeignSans serifUnicodeCan Syllabics

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
Copyright(C), 2001, Government of Nunavut, Legislative Assembly of Nunavut, Tiro Typeworks. All rights reserved.
Font family
Pigiarniq Light
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
TiroTypeworks: GNFont: 2001
Full font name
Pigiarniq Light
Name table version
Version 1.2; 2001
Postscript font name
PigiarniqLight
Trademark notice
Pigiarniq is a trademark of the Government of Nunavut
Designer
Wm. Ross Mills
Description
Pigiarniq Inukitut syllabics is a font containing the maximum repertoire of characters included in Canadian Syllabics, as well as roman characters required to support English, French, and all other languages supported by the Codepage 1252. Additional characters are included to support further orthographies including Greenlandic. Inuktitut Syllabic portions of Fonts distributed under the name 'Pigiarniq' are Copyrighted material of the Government of Nunavut. Latin, or non-Inuktitut syllabic portions of the Fonts are Copyrighted material of Tiro Typeworks.

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 2.0 and onwards semantics, Unicode BMP only.
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Revision1
Glyph count422
Units per Em2048
Embedding rightsEmbedding for permanent installation
Family classSans serif
WeightSemi-light
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleBold
DirectionMixed directional glyphs
Pattern natureRegular
PitchNot monospaced
Complete pack contains 5 font weights listed below:
Pigiarniq Light.ttf
Pigiarniq Heavy.ttf
Pigiarniq Bold.ttf
Pigiarniq Italic.ttf
Pigiarniq Regular.ttf
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