Maniac Magee Font

Maniac Magee is a young adult novel written by Jerry Spinelli. It was published in 1990 and has won numerous awards, including the Newbery Medal. The story follows the life of Jeffrey Lionel "Maniac" Magee, a homeless orphan who becomes a legend in the racially divided town of Two Mills, Pennsylvania. In 2003 a movie adaptation was made for the Nickelodeon network.

The font used on the book's cover is Gillies Gothic Bold, a casual script font that William S. Gillies initially created for Bauer'sche Schriftgiesserei. Agency FB by David Berlow and Morris Fuller Benton appears as the author's name in sans serif type.