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About Noto Sans Bamum Font
Noto Sans Bamum is an unmodulated (“sans serif”) design for texts in the African Bamum script. Noto Sans Bamum has multiple weights, contains 662 glyphs, and supports 661 characters from 2 Unicode blocks: Bamum Supplement, Bamum. Supported writing systems Bamum Bamum is an African syllabary, written left-to-right (0.4 million users). Used in Cameroon. Developed communally at the end of the 19th century at the instigation of the Bamum King Njoya. Initially was logographic, later evolved into a syllabary. Bamum is being revived after decline since the 1930s. Read more on ScriptSource , Unicode , Wikipedia , r12a .
Style & Use Cases
- Overall Style
- Clean, Modern, Sans Serif
- Use Case
- Body Text, UI
- Ideal For
- branding, interfaces, and modern layouts
- Pairs With
- a contrasting serif for headings
Noto Sans Bamum Specifications
| Font Family | Noto Sans Bamum |
| Style | Regular |
| Full Name | Noto Sans Bamum Regular |
| Version | 2.002 |
| Weight | 400 (Regular) |
| Glyph Count | 996 glyphs |
| PostScript Name | NotoSansBamum-Regular |
| Designer | Monotype Design Team |
| Format | TTF (TrueType) |
| File Size | 199.9 KB |
OpenType Features
Noto Sans Bamum ships with 1 OpenType feature you can switch on in apps that support them (Illustrator, InDesign, Affinity, Figma, CSS font-feature-settings).
- Ordinals
- Variable font · axes: wght
Languages Supported
Noto Sans Bamum supports 283 languages.
How to Install Noto Sans Bamum Font
Step-by-step instructions for every platform
- 1Download the Noto Sans Bamum font file (.ttf or .otf).
- 2Locate the downloaded file in your Downloads folder.
- 3Right-click the font file.
- 4Select "Install" to install for the current user, or "Install for all users" to make it available system-wide.
- 5Noto Sans Bamum is now available in Word, Photoshop, Illustrator, and all other apps.
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Noto Sans Bamum Font is a versatile sans-serif font that works for both headings and body text. Pair it with a contrasting serif or slab serif font to add visual interest and a clear distinction between titles and body copy.
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