Sans serif · Alexandre Liziard

Manifont Grotesk

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Case

Size72 px

Weight400 Regular

Letter spacing0 em

Line height1.10

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CSSfont-family: 'Manifont Grotesk', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;

Manifont Grotesk is a free sans serif by Alexandre Liziard and Étienne Ozeray, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Manifont Grotesk has an x-height taller than 71%, is of average width and, at its regular weight, is of average darkness. Its thickest strokes are 1.2 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.

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01 / Light table

Laid on top of Chakra Petch

Manifont Grotesk on one light table with its two closest fonts, Chakra Petch (86 out of 100) and Tomorrow (85). Chakra Petch is 11% lighter and 4% wider, with an x-height 6% shorter; Tomorrow is 11% wider and 7% lighter.

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Ink shared with Manifont GroteskChakra Petch…

Most different letters first; the figure is the share of ink the fonts have in common. Where the fonts agree the letters cancel to black: every white sliver is a real difference.

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02 / Letters

The Manifont Grotesk alphabet

Capitals, lowercase, figures and signs · weight 400

Tap the letters you like, here and in other fonts, to find the fonts whose letters look most like them.

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03 / Weights

Manifont Grotesk in 2 weights

2 weights, 400–700, with italics

400 Regular, with its italic
700 Bold, with its italic

04 / Facts

Who made Manifont Grotesk, and can you use it?

Designer: Alexandre Liziard, Étienne Ozeray
Kind: Sans serif
Styles: 2 weights, 400–700, with italics
From: GitHub
Character sets: latin
Licence: SIL Open Font License 1.1

Can I use it?

Commercial use: Yes.
Logos: Yes.
Websites and apps: Yes. Self-hosted.
PDFs and documents: Yes.
Changes: Yes.
Sharing the files: Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.

Manifont Grotesk is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. This is a plain summary, not legal advice: the licence itself decides.

What each licence allows →

Read the licence

Its licence file, in its repository

Already in your apps?

Google Docs: Not verified. Docs adds Google Fonts, and Manifont Grotesk comes from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Google’s guide
Word, PowerPoint: Not verified. Install it from its maker’s repository on GitHub first. Microsoft’s list
Figma: Not verified. Search its font menu, or install it. Figma’s help
Canva: Not verified. Search its font menu for Manifont Grotesk, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
Cricut: Once installed. Design Space lists Manifont Grotesk under System. Fonts for Cricut →

From each app’s own font list or help pages.

How each app gets its fonts →

Get Manifont Grotesk on GitHub

05 / Measurements

Manifont Grotesk, measured

Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style

Hxgp in Manifont Grotesk. Lines at the measured heights, as a share of the em · The parts of a letter, named

x-height: 52.8% of the emlowercase x
Cap height: 72.0% of the emcapitals
x / cap: 0.73lowercase against capitals
Width: 49.4% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink: 43%letter box filled
Contrast: 1.21 : 1nearly even strokes

How we measure →

Where it stands among sans serifs

Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind

x-heightLarger than 71% of sans serifs
WidthNear the middle of sans serifs
InkNear the middle of sans serifs
ContrastNear the middle of sans serifs

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to Manifont Grotesk

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

All 100 fonts similar to Manifont Grotesk →Compare side by side →Get Manifont Grotesk on GitHub

07 / Swap

Swap Manifont Grotesk without a jump

Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%

Fallback while it loads

Until Manifont Grotesk loads, this sets Arial in its place at 101% of its size, so running text keeps Manifont Grotesk’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Manifont Grotesk Fallback';
  src: local('Arial');
  size-adjust: 100.96%;
  ascent-override: 74.28%;
  descent-override: 24.76%;
  line-gap-override: 0.89%;
}

font-family: 'Manifont Grotesk', 'Manifont Grotesk Fallback', sans-serif;

08 / Questions

Questions about Manifont Grotesk

Answered from its licence, GitHub and each app’s own font list

Is Manifont Grotesk free for commercial use?

Yes. Manifont Grotesk is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 , which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included.

How do I download and install Manifont Grotesk?

Manifont Grotesk comes free from its maker’s repository on GitHub . On its repository there, choose Code, then Download ZIP, and unzip the file: the fonts are in its fontes/TTF folder. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each TTF or OTF file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open. The web fonts this page uses load from its repository, through jsDelivr, as does its licence file .

Is Manifont Grotesk in Google Docs?

Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Manifont Grotesk comes from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Docs can’t add a font of your own, so set it in an app on your computer, such as Word, instead.

How many weights does Manifont Grotesk have?

Manifont Grotesk comes in two weights: Regular (400) and Bold (700), each with an italic.

Who designed Manifont Grotesk?

Manifont Grotesk was designed by Alexandre Liziard and Étienne Ozeray.

What fonts are similar to Manifont Grotesk?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Chakra Petch (86), Tomorrow (85) and GST Aero (76), out of 100. Next to Manifont Grotesk, Chakra Petch is 11% lighter and 4% wider, with an x-height 6% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Manifont Grotesk.