Agbalumo

display · Designed by Raphael Alẹ́gbẹ́lẹ́yẹ̀, Sorkin Type, Eben Sorkin

Agbalumo: Jackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz

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Agbalumo is a display typeface with a strong cultural identity, drawing inspiration from West African visual traditions. It features bold, expressive letterforms with distinctive curves and a handcrafted quality that sets it apart from standard Latin display fonts. The characters have a warm, rhythmic feel with slightly irregular strokes that give it personality without becoming hard to read at larger sizes. It reads as confident and approachable rather than formal or corporate, sitting somewhere between decorative and functional in its display category.

Agbalumo works well in situations where cultural authenticity and visual distinctiveness matter. It is a solid choice for branding around African food, music, fashion, or lifestyle products where the font itself signals identity rather than just labeling content. Event posters and festival materials benefit from its expressive character at large sizes, where it can carry visual weight without needing extra decoration. Editorial contexts such as magazine covers, pull quotes, or section headers in publications focused on culture or community storytelling are also a natural fit, giving the layout a grounded, human quality that generic display fonts often lack.

Best suited for: Agbalumo suits branding, event promotion, and editorial design where visual distinctiveness and cultural resonance strengthen communication impact.

Design considerations: As a display-only typeface, Agbalumo performs optimally at larger scales where its expressive letterforms and handcrafted quality become assets rather than potential readability concerns. The single regular variant offers consistent styling, making it reliable for contexts where design flexibility through weight or slant variation is not required.

Pairing guidance: Playfair Display can anchor body text and secondary hierarchies with classical serif presence, Lato provides neutral, accessible support for extended reading and functional information, and Caveat complements Agbalumo's handcrafted warmth while offering a lighter, more informal secondary voice for accents or annotations.

Pairs well with

Playfair Display Lato Caveat

Agbalumo at a glance

Designer

Raphael Alẹ́gbẹ́lẹ́yẹ̀, Sorkin Type, Eben Sorkin

License

SIL Open Font License 1.1

Added to Google Fonts

October 2023

Last updated

June 2025

Styles

1 (1 weight)

Classification

Display

Character sets

5

Distributed via

Google Fonts

Agbalumo styles

Weight Name Upright
400 Regular Aa Bb Gg 123

Agbalumo character map

Uppercase

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Lowercase

a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

Numbers and punctuation

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ! ? & @ # % $ € £ ( ) [ ] { } . , : ; " ' - / * + =

Cyrillic Extended (sample)

Ґ Є Ї Ў Ғ Қ Ң Ү Ұ Һ Ә Ө

Latin Extended (sample)

Ā Ă Ą Ć Č Ď Đ Ē Ę Ě Ğ Ī Į İ Ĺ Ľ Ł Ń Ň Ő Œ Ř Ś Ş Š Ť Ů Ű Ź Ż Ž

Vietnamese (sample)

Ạ Ả Ấ Ầ Ẩ Ẫ Ậ Ắ Ằ Ặ Ẹ Ẻ Ẽ Ế Ề Ệ Ỉ Ị Ọ Ỏ Ố Ồ Ộ Ơ Ớ Ờ Ụ Ủ Ư Ứ Ừ Ự Ỳ Ỵ

Which languages does Agbalumo support?

Agbalumo includes 5 character sets:

  • Cyrillic Extended: additional Cyrillic letters used in languages such as Kazakh, Tatar and Bashkir
  • Ethiopic
  • Latin: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and other Western European languages
  • Latin Extended: Central and Eastern European languages such as Polish, Czech, Turkish, Romanian and Hungarian
  • Vietnamese: Vietnamese, including its stacked tone marks

It does not include Cyrillic or Greek characters, so it can't set Russian, Ukrainian or Greek text.

Can I use Agbalumo commercially?

Yes, it's free for personal and commercial use. Agbalumo is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. You can use it in logos, websites, apps, videos, printed products and merchandise without paying or asking permission. The one thing you can't do is sell the font file on its own.

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Agbalumo FAQ

Is Agbalumo free for commercial use?

Yes. Agbalumo is licensed under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, so you can use it in commercial projects, including logos, client work and products you sell.

Which weights does Agbalumo include?

Agbalumo comes in a single weight, Regular (400), with no italic style.

Does Agbalumo support Cyrillic?

No. Agbalumo supports Cyrillic Extended, Ethiopic, Latin, Latin Extended and Vietnamese, but not Cyrillic.

Who designed Agbalumo?

Agbalumo was designed by Raphael Alẹ́gbẹ́lẹ́yẹ̀, Sorkin Type, Eben Sorkin. It was added to Google Fonts in October 2023.