Pigiarniq, from the Government of Nunavut Legislative Assembly and Tiro Typeworks, is a free humanist sans serif with a warm, quietly distinctive rhythm. The letters feel open and conversational, with rounded strokes, a generous single-story g, and soft curves that keep the font from turning slick or corporate.
That makes it a natural fit for cultural programming, community signage, educational materials, exhibition graphics, and editorial cover lines where a free font needs to feel approachable without going casual. It also works well in short titles, wayfinding labels, and identity pieces, since those broad curves and simple shapes give brief words a calm, grounded presence.
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
Created2002-04-26
Revision1
Glyph count485
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: