Chinal Font

Chinal is a various font designed by Mans Greback (2017). It's a decorative display font with plenty of personality, made to grab attention. It's a free download, and you can try it with your own text in the preview above first.

Chinal Font Details

• Designer: Mans Greback
• Year: 2017 (from the copyright line in the font)
• Category: Various font
• Font styles: 1 (Regular)
• Weight: Regular (400)
• Glyphs: 409
• Characters: A–Z, a–z, 0–9 and basic punctuation
• Languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese and Italian
• OpenType features: Ligatures, contextual alternates, swashes, stylistic alternates and start and end letter forms
• Kerning: Built in
• Version: 001.000
• Download: Free ZIP (307.8 KB) with four TTF files

What You Can Type With Chinal

With complete upper and lowercase letters and all ten digits, Chinal is ready for real wording, not just a single headline. Common punctuation such as &, !, ? and @ is included as well. It also has the accented letters you need for Spanish, French, German, Portuguese and Italian. Of its 409 glyphs, about 46 are not on your keyboard at all. That is where the alternates explained below live.

How to Use the Alternate Letters in Chinal

Chinal has swashes and stylistic alternates built in as OpenType features. In Illustrator and InDesign, open the Glyphs panel (Window > Type) and select a letter to see its alternates. In Photoshop, use Window > Glyphs. Figma shows them under the text settings as OpenType features. Canva and Cricut Design Space can't reach OpenType alternates, so for those, set the word in a desktop app first and import it as an SVG. Ligatures and contextual alternates switch on by themselves: some letter pairs join into one shape and letters change to fit their neighbours, so repeated letters don't look copy-pasted. This works automatically in most design apps and modern browsers.

Where Chinal Works Best

Chinal is a natural fit for posters, logos and eye-catching headlines. Its lowercase letters are small compared to the capitals, so set it a size or two bigger than usual. Use it for one standout word or headline and let simpler fonts handle the rest.

More Fonts by Mans Greback

DafontStyle has 196 more fonts by Mans Greback. Here are a few:

• Fortalesia Script Font
• WonderWorld Font
• Brannboll Connect Font
• Barney Script Font
• Mawns Handwriting Font
• Vacer Font

Chinal Font FAQs

Is Chinal font free to download?

Yes, Chinal is a free download here (free ZIP (307.8 KB) with four TTF files), no sign-up needed. For commercial projects, read the license note on this page first, since that's set by the designer.

Who designed Chinal font?

Chinal was designed by Mans Greback. The copyright line inside the font is dated 2017. DafontStyle has 196 more fonts by Mans Greback, and a few are linked above.

How do I install Chinal on Windows or Mac?

Unzip the download first. On Windows, right-click the font file and choose Install. On a Mac, double-click it and click Install Font. The ZIP contains TTF files, which work on Windows, Mac, Cricut and almost every app. Restart any app that was already open so it picks up Chinal.

How do I get the alternate letters and swashes in Chinal?

They are OpenType features, so pick them from the Glyphs panel in Illustrator, InDesign or Photoshop, or the OpenType settings in Figma. Canva and Cricut can't reach them directly; design the word in a desktop app and import it as an SVG.

Can I use Chinal in Canva and Cricut?

Canva lets you upload it on Pro, Teams and other plans with font uploads (Brand Kit > Upload a font); free accounts can't upload fonts. For Cricut Design Space, install it on your computer first and it shows up under System fonts.

Does Chinal support accented letters?

Yes. Chinal includes the accented letters needed for Spanish, French, German, Portuguese and Italian, so it works for more than just English.

What fonts pair well with Chinal?

A plain sans serif like Open Sans gives it room to shine.