Information
New growth from old wood. Mānuka is a collection of compressed fonts for large sizes. With deviant details pilfered from Teutonic timber type, Mānuka grafts a contemporary antipodean aesthetic onto 19th century German root-stock. Tight spacing, closed apertures and sharp joins make a compelling texture, like sunlight sparkling through a forest canopy.
- Design
- Kris Sowersby
- Engineering
- Noe Blanco
- Collaborators
- Dave Foster
- Extended Whānau
- Awards
- TDC Certificate of Typographic Excellence2022
- Best Awards, Design Craft, Silver2021
- Specimens added to the Cooper Hewitt Collection2016
- Australian Design Biennale Distinction2014
- Release date
- 2021
- Current version
- 1.005
- Classifications
- MānukaLineal: Grotesque
- Mānuka CondensedLineal: Grotesque
- Mānuka SlabModern: Slab-Serif
- Font formats
- OTF DesktopWOFF2 WebTTF App
- Average glyph count
- 428 per style8,995 total
- Font styles
- 21
- Hinting
- Manual VTT hinting
- Kerning
- Manual kerning40,019 total pairs