Harmattan

Harmattan is a sans-serif font with a clean, contemporary profile and a single normal style. Its available weights run from regular to bold, giving it room to handle both everyday text and stronger emphasis. With Arabic, Latin, and Latin-ext subsets listed, it can support projects that need more than one writing system.

Best suited for: Use Harmattan for interfaces, websites, editorial layouts, documentation, and promotional text where clarity and a modern sans-serif structure are useful. Regular and medium weights can carry labels, navigation, and paragraphs, while the heavier options can bring attention to headings, buttons, captions, or short announcements.

Design considerations: The four weights—400, 500, 600, and 700—create a compact but useful hierarchy. Keep regular for sustained reading, use 500 or 600 for labels and subheads, and reserve 700 for high-priority emphasis. Since only the normal style is listed, create contrast through weight, size, spacing, and layout rather than relying on italics.

Pairing guidance: Harmattan can work with a serif that adds a more traditional texture to articles or reports, especially when Harmattan handles headings or interface elements. For a fully sans-serif system, pair it with a quieter companion that differs in proportions or weight range. Match the pairing carefully across Arabic and Latin text so the overall rhythm remains consistent.