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Mooniak

Mooniak is credited on seven families in the library. The first was added in 2016 and the latest in 2024. By class: five sans serifs, two serifs. Three are variable fonts. The most frequent co-credit is Suman Bhandary, on 1 family.

The familiesIn order of addition, each name set in its own outlines

Abhaya LibreSerif · 2016 · weights 400–800 (5)
MinaSans serif · 2017 · weights 400–700 (2)
Yaldevi ColomboSans serif · 2017 · weights 200–700 (6)
Gemunu LibreSans serif · 2017 · weights 200–800
YaldeviSans serif · 2021 · weights 200–700
Stick No BillsSans serif · 2021 · weights 200–800
ManameSerif · 2024 · weights 400

Range of the work

The lowercase runs from Abhaya Libre, the shortest at 415 units per 1,000 em, to Yaldevi at 569. In width, Gemunu Libre is the narrowest (402) and Mina the widest (508). Beyond Latin, the families cover three subsets: Bengali, Sinhala, Vietnamese. Measured against the medians of their own classes, three of the seven families with ascenders have a taller x-height, none of all seven set a wider lowercase and three a darker one.

Against the class medianDifferences from the median of each family’s class, per 1,000 em; ink in percentage points

FamilyClassx-heightWidthInkWeightsSubsets
YaldeviSans serif+50−29−4 pts200–7003
Stick No BillsSans serif+19−107+2 pts200–8003
MinaSans serif+12−14−2 pts400–700 (2)3
ManameSerif−21−13+2 pts4004
Gemunu LibreSans serif−29−120+6 pts200–8003
Yaldevi ColomboSans serif−30−98−4 pts200–700 (6)3
Abhaya LibreSerif−67−50−5 pts400–800 (5)3