Script Manan 12 is a light, narrow, very high contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: wedding, invitations, certificates, luxury branding, editorial display, elegant, formal, romantic, refined, classic, calligraphic elegance, formal stationery, ornamental capitals, display emphasis, swash, flourished, looping, calligraphic, delicate.
A formal cursive script with a steep rightward slant and pronounced thick–thin stroke modulation. Letterforms are built from tapered, hairline entry strokes and rounded, pressure-driven main strokes, with frequent loops on ascenders/descenders and occasional swash-like terminals. Capitals are notably elaborate and wide-reaching, while the lowercase is more compact with a very low x-height, giving the font a tall, airy vertical rhythm. Connections between letters are smooth and consistent in the sample text, and counters tend to be small and teardrop-shaped due to the high contrast and narrow joins.
Well suited to wedding suites, invitations, announcements, and other formal stationery where expressive capitals and flowing joins are a feature. It also fits luxury or heritage-leaning branding and editorial display settings such as pull quotes or headlines, especially when used at larger sizes.
The overall tone is graceful and ceremonial, suggesting classic penmanship and special-occasion polish. Its flowing forms and decorative capitals convey a romantic, upscale mood rather than an everyday handwritten casualness.
Likely designed to emulate traditional pointed-pen calligraphy with a focus on elegant rhythm, decorative uppercase forms, and smooth connected writing. The very fine hairlines and restrained lowercase spacing appear intended to create a delicate, high-end impression in display typography.
Numerals and punctuation follow the same calligraphic logic, with slanted forms and delicate hairlines that can visually recede at small sizes. The design relies on fine terminals and internal joins for its character, so it reads best when given enough size and spacing to let the hairline details remain clear.