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Adab Adil

by Kalam
Individual Styles from $10.00 USD
Complete family of 2 fonts: $20.00 USD
The Adab Adil Font Family was designed by Wahyu Eka Prasetya, Moch Zamroni and published by Kalam. Adab Adil contains 2 styles and family package options. More about this family

Adab Adil Complete Family

2 fonts

Best Value!

Per Style:

$10.00 USD

Pack of 2 styles:

$20.00 USD

About the family


Adab Adil is a raw, spontaneous, and unapologetically soulful handwritten display typeface rooted in the authentic visual landscape of grassroots Indonesia. Directly inspired by vernacular street signage, hand-painted community announcements, the monumental stone-carved lettering of Monumen Pancasila, and the nostalgic public boards of the 10 Program Pokok PKK, this font captures the genuine pulse of local civic culture.

Departing from polished digital perfection, Adab Adil embraces human irregularity, uneven baseline rhythms, and bold, expressive strokes. It carries the spirit of civic values, collective identity, and everyday street wisdom—delivering an unpolished, honest charm packed with cultural soul and tactile nostalgia.

Recommended Design Uses

  • Retro & Vernacular Branding: Local coffee shops, street food packaging, indie distro labels, and community merchandise.

  • Poster & Protest Art: Movement posters, indie gig flyers, zines, cultural events, and grassroots community campaigns.

  • Apparel & Streetwear: Bold screen-printed graphics, raw typography tees, tote bags, and enamel patches.

  • Editorial & Title Design: Book covers, documentary title cards, YouTube thumbnails, and chapter headers needing genuine cultural texture.

    Typographic Pairing

Pair Adab Adil with a clean, neutral grotesque sans-serif (such as Work Sans or Roboto) for clean body copy contrast, or with a distressed typewriter font to complete a gritty, documentary-style aesthetic.

Designers: Wahyu Eka Prasetya, Moch Zamroni

Foundry: Kalam

MyFonts debut: Aug 25, 2026

Adab Adil

About Kalam

Kalam is an independent type foundry born from a long-held dream. Rather than chasing cold perfection or rigid geometry, we focus on what makes typography genuinely alive: rich character sets, broad multilingual support, and a distinct human touch. Our typefaces are shaped by lived experience, carrying a raw, tactile soul and an approachable warmth. We build comprehensive, expressive typographic tools crafted to bring real depth, voice, and resonance to your work. Thank you for supporting our journey and shaping this story with us.

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