Nyala
Tiro Typeworks · John Hudson, Geraldine Banes (Wade)
A single-weight Ethiopic typeface by John Hudson and Geraldine Banes, covering over 1,090 glyphs for Amharic, Tigrinya and related languages written in the Ge'ez script.
About
Designed at Tiro Typeworks by John Hudson and Geraldine Banes, Nyala provides thorough coverage of the Ethiopic script with a glyph set exceeding 1,090 characters. It is well known through its inclusion in Microsoft products, where it has served as a key bundled Ethiopic typeface. The design balances legibility at text sizes with the structural demands of the Fidel syllabary, making it a reliable choice for publishing in Ethiopian languages.
Classification
Nyala is a typeface designed for the Ethiopic script (Ge'ez/Fidel), used to write Amharic, Tigrinya and related languages. Its Latin companion follows conventional text serif conventions, but the primary design effort is in the extensive Ethiopic glyph set.