Danfo
Type with Purpose
Good typography guides attention, improves understanding, and makes communication effortless.
The Anatomy of a Typeface
By FontSide · June 2026
Every typeface is a system of decisions — about stroke contrast, x-height, spacing, and rhythm. The best ones feel invisible: you stop seeing the letters and start hearing the voice behind them. That transparency is the hardest thing to design.
A high x-height opens up the counters and makes small text breathe. Tight tracking pulls a headline together; loose tracking gives a caption room to exhale. None of these choices are accidents — they are arguments about how reading should feel.
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Package Manager
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1. Install Package
pnpm add @fontsource-variable/danfo 2. Import in App
import '@fontsource-variable/danfo/wght.css'; 3. CSS Usage
body {
font-family: "Danfo Variable", serif;
} Google Fonts CDN
Use Google's CDN to embed the fonts directly via HTML.
HTML <head>
<!-- Please select at least one weight and style --> Fontsource CDN
Skip the build step by adding this directly to your global CSS file.
Global CSS
/* danfo-latin-wght-normal */
@font-face {
font-family: "Danfo Variable";
font-style: normal;
font-display: swap;
font-weight: 100 900;
src: url(https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/fontsource/fonts/danfo:vf@latest/latin-wght-normal.woff2)
format("woff2-variations");
} Background & Story
Danfo, a variable-axis font, is the result of a collaboration between Afrotype and Abu, a lettering artist from Ojota Bus Stop. It is inspired by the cut-out shapes of vinyl sticker lettering on public transportation buses in Lagos, Nigeria. This font, the first project from Afrotype, is an improved version of the 2018 design, now featuring a richer character set that supports all of Sub-Saharan African Latin. Danfo is the base set of a family of Danfo fonts Afrotype plans to release.
To contribute, please see github.com/Afrotype/danfo.
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Install
pnpm add @fontsource-variable/danfo Designed by
Afrotype, Seyi Olusanya, Eyiyemi Adegbite, David Udoh, Mirko Velimirović
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License
OFL-1.1