QGIS just like most computer software uses the fonts that are installed on your computer. So, to use a Hausa font in QGIS you will need to install the font on your computer.
There are two commly used Hausa font in use, namely: Dr. Abdallah Uba Adamu (Abdalla.ttf) and Rabiat Muhammad (Rabiat.ttf) fonts. You can download and install both from this Google drive folder. After you download double-click on the file to and click on install button to install them on your computer as seen below.
Both fonts where developed by Prof. Abdalla Uba Adamu in his contribution to the development of Hausa language in modern era, he developed 'hooked' Hausa language character font sets (ɓ Ɓ ɗ Ɗ ƙ Ƙ), which were not present at the advent of the word processors in Nigeria in the 1990s. He named them 'rabi'at' (after his mother, Rabi'at Muhammad) and 'abdalla' (after himself, as he could not think of any name at the time).
After installation, the fonts will be available in QGIS as seen above.
To type the special Hausa characters (ɓ Ɓ ɗ Ɗ ƙ Ƙ), we will utilize "~, |, ], [, } and {" for Abdalla.ttf font and "v, V, x, X, q and Q" for Rabiat.ttf font. The table below summaries what you need to type to achieve keying or typing the special Hausa characters.
That is it!
