| There are two meanings carried by this African font. Firstly it was a tribute to the "New" South Africa, which successfully made a transition to democracy without the bloodshed that so many predicted. In the font, the black and white parts of the characters live together in harmony.
The second meaning, from which the font takes its name (Tamboti) refers to a uniquely African tree that has wood which is both black and white.
There are 144 characters in this African font: it includes all upper and lower case letters, all numerals and punctuation and a full set of accented characters for the typesetting of European language.
The numerals are mono-spaced so that they will line up correctly in columns of figures. The letters of the alphabet are spaced according to their width. |
