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Ruwudu—A lightweight Rubutun Kano font

Ruwudu is a Rubutun Kano font for Ajami (Arabic script) writing systems in the Kano region of Nigeria and Niger. Ruwudu is the Manga word for “writing”. This style of writing is used by the Manga people in Niger, West Africa. This font was initially designed as a lighter or companion version of Alkalami Regular.

The design of Ruwudu is loosely based on the footnotes and marginal notes from the ‘market edition manuscripts’. These were made with a monoline tool, likely a ball point pen or something similar. It is vastly different from script traditions of the Middle East.

Design

The design is very much influenced by the Rubutun Kano style, but was based on samples of footnotes from the market edition manuscripts. A type sample showing an inventory of some of the unusual of glyphs and features can be seen here: design type samples.

Font Features

This font uses state-of-the-art OpenType font technology, including variant glyphs for a number of characters for use in particular contexts. It also prevents in-word collisions by switching out default glyphs for alternates. Read more about our smart font features.

Character Set Support

This font supports the characters known to be used by languages written in this style of Arabic script, but may not have the characters needed for other languages. Read more about our character set support.

Common questions

What characters are included with this release?

See Character Set Support for the full listing.

Where does the name Ruwudu come from?

Ruwudu is the Manga word for "writing". This style of writing is used by the Manga people in Niger, West Africa.

See complete Ruwudu - FAQ list.

Ruwudu

Writing Systems Technology

Arabic script font for a style of writing used in Niger, West Africa