# Mynerve font

> Marker-style handwriting by Carolina Short, made for annotating documents, with Greek and alternate letterforms.

Mynerve is a handwriting typeface by Carolina Short designed for annotating documents. Its unjoined, marker-like letters come with two sets of alternates and some ligatures, so repeated letters vary. Mynerve has one Regular style with 985 glyphs covering Latin, Greek and Vietnamese, is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and suits notes, captions and informal text.

## Facts

- Classification: [Handwriting](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/handwriting)
- Designed by: Carolina Short
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 1 (Regular 400)
- Variable font: No
- Glyphs: 985
- Character sets: greek, latin, latin-ext, vietnamese
- Last updated: 2025-09-05
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Mynerve
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/mynerve
- Tagged for: Casual, Social media

## About Mynerve

Mynerve is a handwriting typeface that looks written with a round-tipped marker. In the specimen the strokes keep one thickness and end in round tips, the letters are printed separately rather than joined, and their heights and angles shift slightly from one letter to the next. The lowercase is narrow with tall ascenders, and the capitals are plain block letters. The official description says the face was made to annotate and comment on documents, and that two sets of alternates and several ligatures for frequent combinations vary repeated letters so the result resembles real writing. Mynerve is a single Regular file with 985 glyphs and is not a variable font. Besides Western and Central European Latin it contains Greek and Vietnamese characters. Carolina Short is the designer, and the license is the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright 2022 The Mynerve Project Authors (https://github.com/carolinashort/MyNerve)

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

- **Annotations on documents**: Margin notes, arrows and comments set in Mynerve stand apart from the typeset text they refer to.
- **Notes in slides and mockups**: Unjoined marker letters label a diagram or a wireframe the way a reviewer would by hand.
- **Informal captions and posts**: Alternates for repeated letters keep a short handwritten caption from looking stamped.
- **Greek handwritten notes**: A Greek character set is included, so the same hand can annotate Greek text.

## Things to know

- **Alternates and ligatures**: According to the official description, two alternate sets and some ligatures change repeated letters; they depend on OpenType support in the software.
- **Printed, not cursive**: The letters do not connect, so Mynerve reads as casual print handwriting.
- **One weight**: Mynerve has Regular 400 only.
- **No Cyrillic**: Latin, Greek and Vietnamese are covered; Cyrillic letters are not in the font.

## FAQs

### Is Mynerve free for commercial use?

Yes. Mynerve is published under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which allows use in personal and commercial work, modification and redistribution. The font cannot be sold on its own, and modified versions stay under the same license.

### Who designed Mynerve?

Mynerve was designed by Carolina Short. The copyright notice names The Mynerve Project Authors.

### How many weights does Mynerve have?

Mynerve has one weight, Regular 400, and it is not a variable font.

### Does Mynerve look like real handwriting?

Mynerve is built to: its official description mentions two sets of alternates and ligatures that vary repeated letters, and the specimen shows uneven heights and angles.

### Which languages does Mynerve support?

Mynerve includes the letters needed for Western European languages, for Turkish, Polish, Czech, Hungarian and Romanian, for Vietnamese and for Greek.

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