The original font on which Harmattan was based was an OFL-licensed typeface called Fouta AS, designed for one specific region in West Africa. However, significant design changes have been made as the font has been extended to handle a wider variety of languages using the Arabic script. Harmattan, named after the trade winds that blow during the dry season in West Africa, is designed in a Warsh style to suit the needs of languages using the Arabic script in West Africa. The Latin letters are a subset of the Andika font.

Four fonts from this typeface family are included in the Harmattan release:

  • Harmattan Regular
  • Harmattan Medium
  • Harmattan SemiBold
  • Harmattan Bold

Type Samples

Type samples showing some of the inventory of glyphs can be found here:
Harmattan Type Sample.

Examples of some text is shown below.

Harmattan Sample - Four weights
Harmattan Sample – Four weights

Harmattan Sample - Genesis 11
Harmattan Sample – Genesis 11

Character Set

For a complete list of characters included in this font, see Character Set Support.

Font Features

Alternate glyphs that are available through features are demonstrated in the Features document.

SIL Global is the creator of the Harmattan fonts, and is the owner of all proprietary rights therein.

Harmattan is a trademark of SIL Global.