# Manuale font

> An editorial text serif from Omnibus-Type: variable, six weights from Light to ExtraBold, each with an italic.

Manuale is a serif family from Omnibus-Type, drawn by Eduardo Tunni and Pablo Cosgaya with books, newspapers and magazines in mind. Manuale is a variable font with six weights from Light 300 to ExtraBold 800, each with an italic: 12 styles. Manuale is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and suits long reading in print and online.

## Facts

- Classification: [Serif](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/serif)
- Designed by: Omnibus-Type
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 12 (Light 300, Regular 400, Medium 500, SemiBold 600, Bold 700, ExtraBold 800; with italics)
- Variable font: Yes (wght 300–800)
- Glyphs: 820
- Character sets: latin, latin-ext, vietnamese
- Last updated: 2025-09-10
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Manuale
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/manuale
- Tagged for: Body text, Editorial, Bold

## About Manuale

Manuale is a serif family made for editorial work. It is part of the Press Series of Omnibus-Type, and its designers, Pablo Cosgaya and Eduardo Tunni, intended it for books, newspapers and magazines, both printed and online. In the specimen the letters are sturdy and slightly narrow, with a tall lowercase, moderate contrast between thick and thin strokes and short, firm serifs; joins are a little angular, which keeps the texture crisp. The family is a variable font with a weight axis from 300 to 800. Six named weights, Light, Regular, Medium, SemiBold, Bold and ExtraBold, each have an italic, giving 12 styles in two variable files. The fonts hold 820 glyphs and cover Latin, Latin Extended and Vietnamese. Manuale is published under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright 2019 The Manuale Project Authors (https://github.com/Omnibus-Type/Manuale)

Allowed:
- Use the fonts in personal and commercial work, in print, on the web and in apps.
- Modify the fonts and build new versions from them.
- Redistribute the fonts, on their own or bundled with software, as long as the license text and copyright notice go with them.

Conditions:
- The fonts cannot be sold by themselves.
- A modified version must stay under the same license and cannot use a Reserved Font Name without the copyright holder's permission.
- The authors' names cannot be used to promote a modified version without permission.

Summary only, not legal advice. Full text: https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/

## Where it works

- **Book and long-form text**: Regular and its italic were drawn for continuous reading, with a tall lowercase and firm serifs that survive small sizes.
- **Newspaper and magazine layouts**: Six weights let body copy, standfirsts, subheads and headlines come from one family.
- **Online articles**: The design brief covers screen as well as print, and the variable files deliver every weight in two downloads.
- **Captions and footnotes**: Medium and SemiBold add a little colour to small captions without jumping to Bold.
- **Vietnamese and Central European editions**: Its 820 glyphs include Vietnamese and Latin Extended letters, so translated editions keep the same typeface.

## Things to know

- **Weight range is 300 to 800**: The variable axis starts at Light and stops at ExtraBold. There is no Thin or Black.
- **Two variable files**: One file holds the upright styles and one the italics; both carry the full weight axis.
- **Latin scripts only**: Latin, Latin Extended and Vietnamese are covered. Cyrillic and Greek are not included.

## FAQs

### Is Manuale free for commercial use?

Yes, under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. Manuale may be used, modified and redistributed in personal and commercial work; it cannot be sold on its own, and altered versions remain under the same license.

### Who designed Manuale?

Manuale was designed by Pablo Cosgaya and Eduardo Tunni, according to the official description and the font's name table. The catalogue credits their foundry, Omnibus-Type.

### How many weights does Manuale have?

Manuale has six named weights, Light 300, Regular 400, Medium 500, SemiBold 600, Bold 700 and ExtraBold 800, each with an italic. That makes 12 styles.

### Is Manuale a variable font?

Yes. Manuale is a variable font with a weight axis from 300 to 800, in separate upright and italic files.

### Which languages does Manuale support?

Manuale includes the letters needed for English and other Latin-script languages such as Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Polish, Turkish and Vietnamese.

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Source: https://trendhub.net/fonts/manuale (trendhub)