Script Manan 14 is a light, narrow, very high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, wedding, branding, headlines, logotypes, elegant, formal, romantic, refined, vintage, elegance, luxury, ceremony, signature look, classic appeal, calligraphic, swashy, delicate, ornate, flowing.
A polished, calligraphic script with a pronounced rightward slant and dramatic thick–thin modulation. Strokes taper to hairline terminals and expand into bold shaded downstrokes, with smooth, continuous curves and frequent entry/exit strokes that encourage connectivity. Capitals are elaborate and airy, featuring long, looping flourishes and extended cross-strokes, while lowercase forms are compact with a relatively small x-height and gently varying widths. Overall spacing feels open and rhythmic, with generous ascenders/descenders and careful, clean curves that keep the ornament from becoming muddy.
Best suited to short-to-medium display settings where its flourishes can breathe: wedding and event invitations, upscale packaging, beauty or fashion branding, signature-style wordmarks, and editorial headlines. It performs especially well in larger sizes and with ample tracking to preserve the hairline details.
The font conveys a formal, romantic tone—graceful and ceremonial rather than casual. Its sweeping capitals and delicate hairlines suggest luxury and tradition, evoking invitations, classic stationery, and boutique branding aesthetics.
The design appears intended to emulate formal pointed-pen lettering with elegant shading and expressive swashes, prioritizing sophistication and movement. It aims to deliver a luxurious, handcrafted look for high-impact display typography.
The contrast is most striking in the lowercase where thick shaded stems meet fine connecting strokes, creating a lively cadence across words. Numerals follow the same calligraphic logic, with angled forms and tapered terminals, aligning visually with the letterforms for consistent display use.