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Sulat Rizal Free

Sulat Rizal is a monoline script font based on the handwriting of Dr. Jose Rizal. This font is based on his December 28, 1891, letter to his sister.

José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda (June 19, 1861 – December 30, 1896) was a Filipino nationalist and polymath during the tail end of the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines. He is considered the national hero (pambansang bayani) of the Philippines. An ophthalmologist by profession, Rizal became a writer and a key member of the Filipino Propaganda Movement, which advocated political reforms for the colony under Spain.

He was executed by the Spanish colonial government for the crime of rebellion after the Philippine Revolution, inspired in part by his writings, broke out. Though he was not actively involved in its planning or conduct, he ultimately approved of its goals which eventually led to Philippine independence.

He is widely considered one of the greatest heroes of the Philippines and has been recommended to be so honored by an officially empaneled National Heroes Committee. However, no law, executive order or proclamation has been enacted or issued officially proclaiming any Filipino historical figure as a national hero. He was the author of the novels Noli Me Tángere and El filibusterismo, and a number of poems and essays. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Rizal)

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Kodigo Display Type

Kodigo

Kodigo (cheat sheet) is a two-in-one display type. It is an attempt to merge the Latin alphabet and Baybayin. Kodigo aims to educate others about the traditional Tagalog way of writing, the Baybayin.

Kodigo, which is a color font, can be used in three different ways:

  1. Latin and Baybayin overlay – type with uppercase letters.
  2. Latin only – type with lowercase letters.
  3. Baybayin only – disable the discretionary ligatures in your photo/vector editing software.

    This font is created under Tipong Pilipino type mentorship program.
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Magsaysay Display Font

This is a free display typeface created in under 60 minutes.

Shout out to Urban Type DVO for providing the jeepney signage used as inspiration for this font. Follow Urban Type DVO on instagram Urban Type DVO

Urban Type DVO is a visual journal of typography seen around urban Davao, Philippines in 2018. The aim is to exhibit the diverse typographic landscape of the city.