# Metal Mania font

> A jagged, spiked display face modelled on heavy metal album covers, with small capitals in place of lowercase.

Metal Mania is a display typeface by Dathan Boardman of Open Window, inspired by heavy metal album covers and posters. Its letters have torn edges and dagger-like serifs, and lowercase keys give small capitals. Metal Mania has one Regular style with 260 glyphs for basic Latin and is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## Facts

- Classification: [Display](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/display)
- Designed by: Open Window
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 1 (Regular 400)
- Variable font: No
- Glyphs: 260
- Character sets: latin
- Last updated: 2025-09-16
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Metal+Mania
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/metal-mania
- Tagged for: Headlines, Posters, Logos

## About Metal Mania

Metal Mania is a display typeface that gathers the lettering habits of heavy metal album covers and concert posters into one font. Outlines are rough and nicked, as if cut from paper, and many letters end in long pointed spikes: in the specimen the legs of A, K, M and R stretch below the baseline into blades, and serifs are sharp wedges. There is no ordinary lowercase; lowercase keys produce smaller capitals in the same style. The official notes say the inline forms came first and were then traced to produce the cutout effect. The family has one Regular style and is not a variable font. Its 260 glyphs cover the basic Latin set. Dathan Boardman of Open Window designed Metal Mania, and it is published under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 with Metal Mania as a Reserved Font Name.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright (c) 2012 by Open Window (dathanboardman@gmail.com) with Reseved Font Name "Metal Mania"

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

- **Concert posters and flyers**: The design was drawn from metal posters, and the spiked legs give a band name the expected edge.
- **Album and playlist covers**: A short title in the large capitals fills a square cover with jagged shapes.
- **Halloween and horror graphics**: Torn outlines and blade-like serifs carry a menacing tone in event titles.
- **Merchandise**: The official notes mention guitar picks; short words also suit shirts, patches and stickers.

## Things to know

- **Small capitals instead of lowercase**: Typing lowercase gives shorter capitals, so mixed-case text is not available.
- **Basic Latin only**: The subset is Latin; Latin Extended is not covered.
- **Spikes extend below the baseline**: Descending legs on several capitals reach under the line, so stacked lines need extra spacing.

## FAQs

### Is Metal Mania free for commercial use?

Yes. Metal Mania is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1: it may be used in personal and commercial work, modified and redistributed. It cannot be sold by itself, and a modified version must keep the same license and cannot use the Reserved Font Name without permission.

### Who designed Metal Mania?

Metal Mania was designed by Dathan Boardman of Open Window. Google Fonts lists the designer as Open Window.

### Does Metal Mania have lowercase letters?

No. In Metal Mania the lowercase keys produce small capitals in the same spiked style.

### How many weights does Metal Mania have?

Metal Mania has one weight, Regular 400, with no italic. It is not a variable font.

### Which languages does Metal Mania support?

Metal Mania includes the letters needed for English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch and the Nordic languages. Its character set is basic Latin.

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Source: https://trendhub.net/fonts/metal-mania (trendhub)