Neue Metana Mono
Dirty Line Studio · Hendra Maulia, Aulia Rahman · 2023
A monospaced grotesque sans with nine weights, variable font support and a geometric construction aimed at urban and lifestyle design contexts.
About
Neue Metana Mono applies fixed-width spacing to a clean grotesque sans skeleton, running from Thin to Black with italic cuts and a variable font. Each style carries 447 glyphs, extended Latin coverage for 100+ languages, and OpenType features including ligatures and stylistic alternates. The craft is competent and the weight range is genuinely useful, though the hype-driven positioning keeps it firmly in trend-adjacent territory rather than serious typographic work.
Classification
Monospaced grotesque sans-serif with geometric construction. Retains the upright, neutral rhythm of a standard grotesque but enforces fixed-width spacing throughout. Includes stylistic alternates — notably a single-storey 'a' and an alternate 's' — alongside discretionary ligatures and a stylistic set. Nine weights with true italics and a variable font axis.