Author's note

Mana Mana, a free old-school display font by Jenny Barck, uses a high-contrast serif structure and curled stroke endings to echo engraved showcard lettering. The repeated tapering, sharp joins, and dark inner detailing give the font a crisp carved texture instead of a plain poster-style weight.

That makes Mana Mana a strong choice for vintage cafe menus, theater flyers, packaging labels, pub signs, and chapter titles where a little period flavor helps set the tone. The ornamental finish is most convincing in short lines, especially when you want headline text that feels formal, decorative, and slightly theatrical without turning into script.

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Mana Mana font character map

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Mana Mana font character map: Basic Latin, page 1

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
Jenny Barck 1997
Font family
Mana Mana
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
Macromedia Fontographer 4.1 Mana Mana
Full font name
Mana Mana
Name table version
Macromedia Fontographer 4.1 1997-11-25
Postscript font name
ManaMana

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 1.0 semantics
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Created1997-11-26
Revision1
Glyph count72
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsEmbedding restricted (not allowed!)
Family classOldstyle serifs
WeightSemi-light
WidthMedium (normal)
Width typeNormal
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureRegular
StyleUpright
Stroke weightBook, text, regular, etc.
PitchNot monospaced
Symbol setWindows 3.1 ANSI