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African Serif

Chris Harvey · A serif font family installed as four styles: regular, bold, italic, and bold italic.

CaskFontsApple silicon · Intel
Homepage
From homebrew/cask
30-day installs3
1-year installs24Last 365 days
Latest version9.3.8
Download size1.1MBarm64 / x86_64 · zip
Release cadenceIrregular0 releases in 30 days

African Serif is a font you can install on a Mac.

About

African Serif is a font family distributed through a Homebrew cask. The cask installs four TrueType font files:

  • Regular
  • Bold
  • Italic
  • Bold italic

To install it, run brew install --cask font-african-serif. After installation, select the desired African Serif style from the font menu in an application that supports custom fonts. This installs fonts, not a separate application.

The cask’s font files are African Serif REGULAR 938.ttf, African Serif BOLD 938.ttf, African Serif ITALIC 938.ttf, and African Serif BOLD ITALIC 938.ttf. The available files establish which styles are included, but do not establish complete Unicode coverage or support for ligatures.

Official font download page

Version changes: Unknown.

New What’s new in 9.3.8 From Homebrew commits

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Install and uninstall

Homebrew installs the font in ~/Library/Fonts, where Font Book can use it.

Install without Homebrew

Download the same file Homebrew uses: www.languagegeek.com/font/AfricanSerif.zip

Uninstall command
$ brew uninstall --cask \font-african-serif

A regular uninstall removes the app and keeps its settings and caches.

Questions

Is African Serif safe?

African Serif is in Homebrew’s official catalog and has not been disabled. Since September 2026, Homebrew disables apps that fail macOS Gatekeeper checks. The download comes from www.languagegeek.com; Homebrew does not verify a checksum for it. It was installed 3 times through Homebrew in the last 30 days.

How do I completely uninstall African Serif on a Mac?

Run brew uninstall --cask font-african-serif.

What is the latest version of African Serif?

The latest version is 9.3.8. Run brew upgrade --cask font-african-serif to update it.