This page is an attempt to answer the frequent question “Where are the Black type designers?” The definition of type designer varies, from professionals who make a majority of their income in typeface design to those who have simply created a single font. This list applies the broadest definition; it includes anyone who identifies as Black and has worked in type design at some point in their career.
Adebowale Adegoke
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Agnès Brézéphin-Coulmin
Agyei Archer
Aleme Tadesse
Alonzo Felix
Anna Diagne
Arthur Francietta
Baynham Goredema
Blondina Elms Pastel

David Williams
Denis Moyogo Jacquerye
Fhumulani Nemulodi
Forest Young
Frank Adebiaye
Gregory Gray
Hendrika Makilya
Jaamal Benjamin
Joshua Darden
Kevin Adams
Kevin Karanja
Kombo Chapfika
Kwesi Amuti
Lomedy Mhako
Marconi Lima
Marks Salimu
Osmond Tshuma
Phenias Machila
Samuel Mensah-Bonsu
Schessa Garbutt
Seb Garry (AKA Tapiwanashe Sebastian Garikayi)
Silas Munro
Terry Biddle
Tré Seals
Oyinkan Karunwiwww.seals.studio
Victor Bagu
Wasbigo Obege
Émilie Aurat
What Inspired this Page
The question asked in 2020, with many designers listed in replies, forming the basis of this database.
Talks on Black Type Designers & African Writing Systems
BIPOC Scholarships for Type Design & Lettering Education
Open for Applications
Letterform Archive offers a BIPOC scholarship in each of its public workshops and the Type West program.
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Typography By and About African Americans
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