Edemede: a handwritten font from the streets of Nigeria

We made Edemede because we needed it. We were working on a design inspired by Nigerian street culture, the hand-painted signs, the quick scrawls, the energy of the way things get written on walls and shopfronts. Nothing we found felt right, so we wrote our own letters, one by one, and turned them into a font. Now we’re sharing it with you for free.

Edemede is loose, a bit rough, and unmistakably human. It works well for posters, logos, packaging, social media graphics, merch, invitations and anything that needs to feel real rather than polished.

What’s inside

Uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers 0 to 9, and punctuation and symbols
The ₦ naira sign, drawn by hand
A special “TH” ligature, like real handwriting
Smart quotes: type the quote key twice and you get an opening and a closing quote
Both .TTF and .OTF files, plus the license and a quick-start README

License

Free for personal AND commercial use, with no credit required (though we’d love a tag!). Use it on products you sell, client work, ads, websites and social media.

Please don’t sell, share, upload or redistribute the font files, or bundle them into packs. If a friend or client wants it, send them to this page.

How to install

Download and unzip the file, then install one of the two font files (TTF or OTF, not both). On Windows, right-click and choose Install. On Mac, double-click and choose Install Font. Restart your design app after installing.

Good to know

Ligatures and smart quotes need an app that supports OpenType features, such as Photoshop, Illustrator, Canva (on supported plans), Figma and recent versions of Word. Edemede doesn’t include accented letters.

Made by Justice Ogbuokiri and Oritsemisan Enemigin.

Questions, or want to show us what you made? Reach us at enemisan@gmail.com or justiceogbuokiri9@gmail.com