Manchette was designed by Ali Almasri and published by Abjad. Manchette contains 11 styles and family package options. The font is currently #19 in Hot New Fonts.
Manchette is an Arabic headline typeface that was inspired by the hand-written Naskh newspaper headlines during the 60s-70s era in the Arab world. The word ‘manchette’ is a french word, that means headline. It was used mainly by the Egyptian calligraphers and designers.
The typeface presents sharp and contemporary details, while taking into consideration the original Naskh rules to echo the elegancy of the hand-written titles. Featuring many opentype features, such as contextual alternates, ligatures, and a small set of stylistic alternates. The typeface also features a dynamic Kashida that can be controlled through the variable fonts technology in the Variable GX file which contains all the weights as well.
