Waba

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What is the Waba font?

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’. More…
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.
Trimming the serifs from Herold, simplifying those angles and expanding the category of weights, then taking look at the magical logic of Berthold Block and doing a few things that just seemed right at the time – Waba is a bit of love letter to Estonia, the Baltics and the visual history of Eastern Europe.
Waba Monogram
Waba also contains a monogram face, which allows you to create any monogramming latin and cyrillic. Simply type out your 2-3-4 characters in Waba Monogram, making sure Contextual Alternates is turned on them voila! Monograms can be customised manually using the OpenType select-pop-up in Adobe. Also included are a few Discretionary Ligatures for Mc, De, Von etc.
Monograms work best when Contextual Alternates is turned on.

Waba Font families

The Waba includes the following font families:

  • Waba C Light
  • Waba C Regular
  • Waba C Medium
  • Waba C Bold
  • Waba C Ultra
  • Waba D Light
  • Waba D Regular
  • Waba D Medium
  • Waba D Bold
  • Waba D Ultra
  • Waba E Light
  • Waba E Regular
  • Waba E Medium
  • Waba E Bold
  • Waba E Ultra
  • Waba Monogram
  • Waba Kontor

Waba Preview

Here is a preview of how Waba will look. For more previews using your own text as an example, click here.


Is Waba a free to download font?

I'm afraid not. Waba is not free to download. You will need to pay for it with your hard earn money. Most fonts that we feature on PimpMyFonts.com is a premium font. We do have a Free Fonts category where we showcase all of the best free fonts that you can download. Trust me when I say, don't waste your time searching for a free download of Waba. You will not find a link anywhere.

It is highly unlikely that you'll be able to find Waba for free. You might see a few websites that will say "Free Download" of Waba font, but these are just attempts to get you to click on a link which will either take you to an ad landing page or you risk getting viruses on your computer. In the rare occasion that you do find a free download for Waba remember that it's illegal to use a font if you didn't pay for it!

If you really want Waba and you want to truly own it the legal and safe way, then click here to visit the download and purchase page on MyFonts.com. Here you will be able to obtain the proper license. The designer and publisher deserves to be paid for their work, as they have put in the hours and the creativity to produce such an amazing font. Good luck with your purchase and future use of this font. :)