Manim's Pango text renderer produces broken kerning with proportional
fonts (Helvetica, Inter, SF Pro, Arial) at all sizes and resolutions.
Characters overlap and spacing is inconsistent. This is a fundamental
Pango limitation.
Changes:
- Recommend Menlo (monospace) as the default font for ALL text
- Proportional fonts only acceptable for large titles (>=48, short strings)
- Set minimum font_size=18 for readability
- Update all code examples to use MONO='Menlo' pattern
- Remove Inter/Helvetica/SF Pro from recommendations
Production pipeline for creating 3Blue1Brown-style animated videos
using Manim Community Edition. The agent handles the full workflow:
creative planning, Python code generation, rendering, scene stitching,
audio muxing, and iterative refinement.
Modes: concept explainers, equation derivations, algorithm
visualizations, data stories, architecture diagrams, paper explainers,
3D visualizations.
9 reference files, setup verification script, README.
All API references verified against ManimCommunity/manim source.
