Waba, pronounced ‘Vah-bah’, is a font family that I designed. The name comes from a historical variation on the Estonian word ‘vaba’ – meaning ‘free’, or ‘at liberty’.
Back in 2017 I visited the Estonian Print & Paper Museum in Tartu to see its great collection of type (well worth a visit!). While I was there I saw some big woodcut blocks of Reklameschrift Herold – a super Art Nouveau/Jugendstil style display font. The Print & Paper Museum’s collection covers both Latin and Cyrillic faces and as a foreigner in these parts I’m kind of fascinated by the exoticism of Cyrillic. How it is different but the same to the Latin letters I take for granted (as a humble Englander – no excuses). Not to mention, Jugendstil with its imitation of natural form, reverse-weights and looping-delicious curves (like you’ve left the window open all summer and the garden plants are climbing in). This mix of Jugendstil, Cyrillic letters and the beautiful historical border town of Tartu inspired me to start drawing Waba.

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View all Glyphs Waba-CBold
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View all Glyphs Waba-CLight
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View all Glyphs Waba-CMedium
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View all Glyphs Waba-CRegular
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View all Glyphs Waba-CUltra
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View all Glyphs Waba-DBold
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View all Glyphs Waba-DLight
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View all Glyphs Waba-DMedium
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View all Glyphs Waba-DRegular
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View all Glyphs Waba-DUltra
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View all Glyphs Waba-EBold
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View all Glyphs Waba-ELight
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View all Glyphs Waba-EMedium
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View all Glyphs Waba-ERegular
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View all Glyphs Waba-EUltra
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View all Glyphs Waba-Kontor
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View all Glyphs Waba-Kontor
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View all Glyphs Waba-Monogram
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