# Metal Mania Font

> Metal Mania font: a free heavy-metal display face with spiked terminals and 268 glyphs, under the SIL Open Font License. Preview your band name in 6 fonts.

- **URL**: https://www.oldenglishfontgenerator.com/fonts/metal-mania

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Metal Mania is a free display font by Open Window, on Google Fonts since July 2012, with spiked terminals in the style of heavy metal band logos. It has one weight, and our measurement of the file counts 268 glyphs, covering Western European accents and ß but not the long s or Czech and Hungarian letters such as č, ě and ő. It's under the SIL Open Font License, so you can print it on merch you sell.

## Fonts

- **[Metal Mania](https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Metal+Mania)** (Blackletter display; Open Window; SIL Open Font License): The subject of this page: aggressive spikes on nearly every stroke end.
- **[New Rocker](https://fonts.google.com/specimen/New+Rocker)** (Blackletter display; Impallari Type; SIL Open Font License): Rock-poster blackletter with lively capitals, a little less spiky.
- **[UnifrakturCook](https://fonts.google.com/specimen/UnifrakturCook)** (Fraktur; j. 'mach' wust; SIL Open Font License): Heavy traditional Fraktur, the black metal and doom option.
- **[Manufacturing Consent](https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Manufacturing+Consent)** (Modern blackletter; Fredrick Brennan; SIL Open Font License): Crisp contemporary blackletter for a modern metal or hardcore look.
- **[Pirata One](https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Pirata+One)** (Modern blackletter; Rodrigo Fuenzalida, Nicolás Massi; SIL Open Font License): Readable gothic for the tracklist and tour dates under the logo.
- **[Germania One](https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Germania+One)** (Blackletter display; John Vargas Beltrán; SIL Open Font License): Narrow and industrial, for tall vertical banners.

## What is in the Metal Mania font file?

| Detail | Metal Mania |
| --- | --- |
| Designer | Open Window |
| Style | Blackletter display |
| Licence | SIL Open Font License 1.1 (free for personal and commercial use) |
| Added to Google Fonts | 2012-07-11 |
| Weights | 400, no italic |
| Glyphs in the font file | 268 (259 mapped characters) |
| Long s (ſ) | No |
| German ß and umlauts | Yes |
| Central European letters (ą č ł ő ř …) | No |
| Digits 0–9 | Yes |

Measured 2026-11-11.

## Is Metal Mania the font of a real band's logo?

No. Famous metal logos are almost always hand-drawn and trademarked, and you can't download them as fonts. Metal Mania imitates the general thrash and heavy metal style: pointed serifs, flared spikes and a heavy baseline. It's a good starting point for a mockup or a local band's first shirts; serious logos usually end up redrawn by hand.

People searching for a "metal lord" font are usually after the same spiky look. For black metal's tangled, unreadable logos there is no font at all; those are drawn one by one.

## How do I make Metal Mania look like a band logo?

- **Keep it to one or two words.** Spikes collide in long names.
- **Tighten the letter spacing** until the spikes nearly touch, then fix collisions by hand.
- **Add symmetry.** Many logos stretch the first and last letters into long spikes; draw these after converting the text to outlines.
- **Pair it with a readable font** such as Pirata One for album titles and dates.

For copy-paste band names on Instagram, Discord or a Bandcamp bio, use the [metal font generator](https://www.oldenglishfontgenerator.com/metal-font-generator). More downloadable options are in the [gothic fonts](https://www.oldenglishfontgenerator.com/fonts/gothic) and [Halloween fonts](https://www.oldenglishfontgenerator.com/fonts/halloween) collections.

## How do these 6 fonts compare?

| Font | Style | Glyphs | Weights | Long s (ſ) | ß and umlauts | Extended Latin | On Google Fonts since |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Metal Mania | Blackletter display | 268 | 400 | No | Yes | No | 2012 |
| New Rocker | Blackletter display | 442 | 400 | No | Yes | Yes | 2012 |
| UnifrakturCook | Fraktur | 271 | 700 | Yes | Yes | No | 2010 |
| Manufacturing Consent | Modern blackletter | 355 | 400 | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2025 |
| Pirata One | Modern blackletter | 386 | 400 | No | Yes | Yes | 2012 |
| Germania One | Blackletter display | 282 | 400 | Yes | Yes | No | 2012 |

## Copy-and-paste generators

- [Metal Font Generator](https://www.oldenglishfontgenerator.com/metal-font-generator): Black metal and heavy metal band lettering to copy and paste.
- [Gothic Font Generator](https://www.oldenglishfontgenerator.com/gothic-font-generator): Darker blackletter with crosses, skulls and worn ink.
- [Horror Font Generator](https://www.oldenglishfontgenerator.com/horror-font-generator): Scary, cursed and vampire gothic text with Halloween symbols.
- [Gothic Symbols](https://www.oldenglishfontgenerator.com/gothic-symbols): Crosses, daggers, skulls and manuscript ornaments to copy.

## Frequently Asked Questions

### Is Metal Mania free for band merch?

Yes. The SIL Open Font License allows commercial use, so shirts, posters and album covers are fine. You can't sell the font file itself.

### What font is the Metallica logo?

None you can install. It's a custom drawn logo and a trademark. Metal Mania gives a general heavy metal feel without copying it.

### Does Metal Mania have lowercase letters?

Yes, it includes a full lowercase, but it looks most like a band logo in capitals or with a capital first letter.

### Does Metal Mania support accented letters?

Western European accents, umlauts and ß, yes. Our check found no long s, and it lacks letters such as č, ě, ň and ő, though it does draw ł, ř, š and ž.