Zaken Manus

Zaken-Manus is a medieval blackletter font with a commanding and deliberate presence.

Its letterforms are rooted in manuscript tradition, with sharp angles, heavy strokes, and a steady rhythm that gives the text a sense of authority. The shapes feel carved and intentional, balancing ornament with clarity, and creating a texture that is dense without becoming chaotic. Capitals stand firm and ceremonial, while lowercase letters keep a controlled flow that works well in both short phrases and longer settings.

Zaken-Manus was designed to feel like it belongs to illuminated pages and solemn decrees, where every word carries weight. It reflects an interest in historical lettering, not as a replica, but as a living form adapted for modern typesetting while keeping its medieval backbone intact.

The font is built with advanced OpenType functionality and guaranteed top-notch quality, containing stylistic and contextual alternates, ligatures and more automatic and manual features; all to give you full control and customizability. It has extensive lingual support, covering all Latin-based languages, from North Europa to South Africa, from America to South-East Asia. It contains all characters and symbols you'll ever need, including all punctuation and numbers.

Zaken-Manus is drawn with care for structure and balance, focusing on strong silhouettes and consistent proportions. The goal was to create a typeface that feels authentic and grounded, while remaining practical and readable for contemporary use.

Styles

• RegularZaken Manus Regular
• Bold ItalicZaken Manus Bold Italic
• BoldZaken Manus Bold
• ItalicZaken Manus Italic

Technical

Glyphs

838 · 726 characters

Formats

OTF

OpenType features

Kerning, Standard ligatures, Discretionary ligatures, Fractions, Oldstyle figures, Lining figures, Tabular figures, Case-sensitive forms, Ordinals, Superscript, Subscript, Caps to small caps, Localized forms, 2 stylistic sets

Language support

Latin: Western European, Central European, Baltic, Turkish, Romanian, Vietnamese

Version

1.000