{"id":3441,"date":"2022-06-17T18:33:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-17T18:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/?p=3441"},"modified":"2022-06-30T17:54:19","modified_gmt":"2022-06-30T17:54:19","slug":"charwe-typeface","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/charwe-typeface\/","title":{"rendered":"Charwe Typeface"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Charwe typeface is a modern display futuristic typeface. The typeface is an imagination of what a modern-day typeface would look like if our culture played a central role in the digital world we live in now. Charwe has a basic character set specifically made for the orthographies of our indigenous official languages, meaning diacritics, which are normally present in western orthographies, are not available in the typeface. A true realization of our culture playing a pivotal role in the modern world while paying homage to the great spirit medium. Charwe has three weights, the light version named, \u2018<em>Nehanda\u2019<\/em>, regular version, \u2018<em>Nyakasikana<\/em>\u2019 &amp; the bold, \u2018<em>svikiro<\/em>.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/charwe6-100.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3450\" width=\"652\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/charwe6-100.jpg 650w, https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/charwe6-100-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 652px) 100vw, 652px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"368\" src=\"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/charwe_08.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/charwe_08.jpg 650w, https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/charwe_08-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"368\" src=\"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/charwe_07.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/charwe_07.jpg 650w, https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/charwe_07-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"368\" src=\"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/charwe_03.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/charwe_03.jpg 650w, https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/charwe_03-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"368\" src=\"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/charwe_02.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/charwe_02.jpg 650w, https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/charwe_02-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"368\" src=\"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/charwe_05.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/charwe_05.jpg 650w, https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/charwe_05-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"368\" src=\"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/charwe_04.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/charwe_04.jpg 650w, https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/charwe_04-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charwe typeface is a modern display futuristic typeface. The typeface is an imagination of what a modern-day typeface would look like if our culture played a central role in the digital world we live in now. Charwe has a basic character set specifically made for the orthographies of our indigenous official languages, meaning diacritics, which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":320,"featured_media":3578,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[123],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3441","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nehanda-re-imagined"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Charwe Typeface - The POVO Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Charwe typeface designed by Tapiwanashe Sebastian Garikayi is a modern display futuristic typeface. 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