Marianna font

A rounded and soft and sweet typeface from the late 1960s by the Samoan-born New Zealand type designer Joseph Churchward. It was named after his daughter, who was then 6 years old. (I bet she must have been a cutie)


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A digital version of the font is available from MyFonts.


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"Can a typeface be biographical?"
A delightful essay by David Bennewith, 'Marianna, Hey! Together' investigates this question, and can be read here.