# Mina font

> A geometric Bengali and Latin family in Regular and Bold, grown out of an extension of the Latin font Exo.

Mina is a geometric sans serif family for the Bengali (Bangla) and Latin scripts, credited to Suman Bhandary, Natanael Gama and Mooniak. Mina comes in two weights, Regular and Bold, with 915 glyphs, and began as an extension of the Latin font Exo. Mina is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 for headings and short text.

## Facts

- Classification: [Sans Serif](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/sans-serif)
- Designed by: Suman Bhandary, Natanael Gama, Mooniak
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 2 (Regular 400, Bold 700)
- Variable font: No
- Glyphs: 915
- Character sets: bengali, latin, latin-ext
- Last updated: 2025-09-08
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Mina
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/mina
- Tagged for: Headlines, Body text, Geometric

## About Mina

Mina is a geometric sans serif family that sets Bengali (Bangla) and Latin together. The project started by extending Exo, a Latin design by Natanael Gama, and the Latin letters in the specimen show that origin: bowls are rounded rectangles, strokes keep one thickness, the s is built from nearly straight segments, and a and g are open, squared forms. The makers describe Mina as a display face that also works at small to intermediate text sizes. There are two static styles, Regular 400 and Bold 700, and no italic. The 915 glyphs hold the Bengali script with Latin and Latin Extended, enough for languages such as Turkish, Polish and Czech. Suman Bhandary, Natanael Gama and Mooniak are credited, and the fonts are published under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright 2015 The Mina Project Authors, with Reserved Font Name 'Exo'

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

- **Bangla headlines**: The geometric construction was planned first of all as a display style for the Bengali script.
- **Bilingual Bangla and English layouts**: Both scripts sit in the same files, so a heading and its translation match in stroke and proportion.
- **App screens with short text**: The makers state that Mina holds up at small to intermediate sizes, which covers labels and short descriptions.
- **Technology branding**: Rounded-rectangle bowls inherited from Exo give a wordmark a squared, engineered outline.

## Things to know

- **Regular and Bold only**: Mina has no light or medium cuts and no italic. Both styles are static files; it is not a variable font.
- **Built on Exo**: The Latin letters extend Exo, and the copyright notice still records Exo as a reserved font name.
- **Romanian is incomplete**: Latin Extended is present, but the comma-accented ț used in Romanian is not in the font.

## FAQs

### Is Mina free for commercial use?

Mina may be used in commercial work at no charge under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which also permits changing and redistributing the files. The font cannot be sold on its own, and a modified version keeps the same license and may not use the reserved name Exo without permission.

### Who designed Mina?

Mina is credited to Suman Bhandary, Natanael Gama and Mooniak. Natanael Gama designed Exo, the Latin font that Mina extends.

### How many weights does Mina have?

Mina has two weights, Regular 400 and Bold 700, with no italics.

### Does Mina support Bengali?

Yes. Mina is a Bengali (Bangla) and Latin family, and the Bengali script is part of its 915 glyphs.

### Which Latin languages does Mina cover?

Mina includes the letters needed for English and other Latin-script languages such as German, French, Spanish, Turkish, Polish, Czech and Hungarian. Romanian is not complete.

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