--- version: "alpha" name: "Manrope Typography" description: "Render a 2D isolated text on a solid background. Ideal for digital products and interfaces, branding for tech, saas, and contemporary lifestyle companies.. AI-ready template." colors: primary: "#000000" secondary: "#FFFFFF" typography: h1: fontFamily: Manrope fontSize: 2.5rem fontWeight: 700 body-md: fontFamily: Manrope fontSize: 1rem fontWeight: 400 components: button-primary: backgroundColor: "{colors.primary}" padding: 12px --- ## Overview Render a 2D isolated text on a solid background. Ideal for digital products and interfaces, branding for tech, saas, and contemporary lifestyle companies.. AI-ready template. Manrope landed in 2018 as Mikhail Sharanda's answer to a question nobody was explicitly asking but everyone felt: where's the geometric sans that doesn't sacrifice readability at small sizes? Built on a strict geometric skeleton — perfect circles, consistent stroke widths, optically corrected terminals — it borrows the mathematical rigor of Futura but strips away the dogma. The x-height is generous without being cartoonish, and the apertures stay open enough to breathe in dense UI layouts. It gained traction in tech circles around 2020-2021, right when the industry was collectively exhausted by Inter's omnipresence. Manrope offered something Inter couldn't: personality without friction. Where Inter is the reliable workhorse you forget is there, Manrope has a subtle warmth in its curves — look at the lowercase 'a' and 'g', they carry just enough character to feel intentional rather than default. Compared to Satoshi, which leans harder into the geometric-grotesque revival with tighter spacing and more neutral terminals, Manrope sits in a middle ground. It's more approachable than Satoshi, less invisible than Inter. That positioning made it the quiet favorite for SaaS products that want to signal 'modern and considered' without screaming 'we hired a brand agency.' - Density: 5/10 — Balanced - Variance: 4/10 — Moderate - Motion: 4/10 — Subtle - **Style:** Clarity & confidence - **Keywords:** Manrope, contemporary, tech-friendly, digital products, UI, SaaS, branding - **Era:** Contemporary Web - **Light/Dark:** ✓ Full / ✓ Full ## Colors - **#000000** (#000000) — Primary surface or dominant color - **#FFFFFF** (#FFFFFF) — Extended palette, decorative use ## Typography - **Display / Hero:** Manrope — Weight 700, tight tracking, used for headline impact - **Body:** Manrope — Weight 400, 16px/1.6 line-height, max 72ch per line - **UI Labels / Captions:** Manrope — 0.875rem, weight 500, slight letter-spacing - **Monospace:** JetBrains Mono — Used for code, metadata, and technical values Scale: - Hero: clamp(2.5rem, 5vw, 4rem) - H1: 2.25rem - H2: 1.5rem - Body: 1rem / 1.6 - Small: 0.875rem ## Layout - **Grid:** CSS Grid primary. Max-width containment: 1280px centered with 1.5rem side padding. - **Spacing rhythm:** Balanced. Base unit: 0.5rem (8px). - **Section vertical gaps:** clamp(4rem, 8vw, 8rem). - **Hero layout:** Split-screen (text left, visual right). - **Feature sections:** Zig-zag alternating text+image rows. No 3-equal-columns. - **Mobile collapse:** All multi-column layouts collapse below 768px. No horizontal overflow. - **z-index contract:** base (0) / sticky-nav (100) / overlay (200) / modal (300) / toast (500). ## Elevation & Depth Tight tracking (-4%), 90% leading, solid background - **Physics:** Ease-out curves, 200-300ms duration. Smooth and predictable. - **Entry animations:** Fade + translate-Y (16px → 0) over 420ms ease-out. Staggered cascades for lists: 80ms between items. - **Hover states:** Subtle color shift + shadow adjustment over 200ms. - **Page transitions:** Fade only (200ms). - **Performance:** Only transform and opacity animated. No layout-triggering properties. ## Shapes Base corner radius: 8px. See rounded tokens in front matter for the full scale. ## Components - **Primary Button:** Subtly rounded (0.5rem) shape. Accent color fill. Hover: 8% darken + subtle lift shadow. Active: -1px translate tactile press. Font weight 600. No outer glows. - **Secondary / Ghost Button:** Outline variant. 1.5px border in muted color. Text in primary color. Hover: subtle background fill. - **Cards:** Subtly rounded (0.5rem) corners. Surface background. Subtle shadow (0 2px 12px rgba(0,0,0,0.06)). 1px border stroke. - **Inputs:** Label above input. 1px border stroke. Focus ring: 2px accent color offset 2px. Error text below in semantic red. No floating labels. - **Navigation:** Primary surface background. Active item: accent color indicator. Font weight 500 when active. - **Skeletons:** Shimmer animation matching component dimensions. No circular spinners. - **Empty States:** Icon-based composition with descriptive text and action button. ## Do's and Don'ts - No emojis in UI — use icon system only (Lucide, Heroicons) - No pure black (#000000) — use off-black or charcoal variants - No oversaturated accent colors (saturation cap: 80%) - No 3-column equal-width feature layouts — use zig-zag or asymmetric grid - No `h-screen` — use `min-h-[100dvh]` - No AI copywriting clichés: "Elevate", "Seamless", "Unleash", "Next-Gen" - No broken external image links — use picsum.photos or inline SVG - No generic lorem ipsum in demos - Do Manrope SemiBold - Do Color: #000000 - Do Tracking -4% - Do Leading 90% - Do Background #FFFFFF ## Use Case Digital products and interfaces, branding for tech, SaaS, and contemporary lifestyle companies.