Information
Martina Plantijn is a better Plantin. Informed by the workhorse qualities of Frank Hinman Pierpont’s typeface and expanding upon his research of 16th century type at the Plantin-Moretus Museum in Antwerp, Martina Plantijn makes decisive digital updates across its roman and italic cuts.
- Design
- Kris Sowersby
- Engineering
- Noe Blanco
- Collaborators
- Dave Foster
- James Goggin
- Awards
- Best Awards, Design Craft, Gold Pin2023
- Release date
- 2023
- Current version
- 1.005
- Classification
- Serif Oldstyle
- Font formats
- OTF DesktopWOFF2 WebTTF App
- OpenType features
- Ligaturesliga
- Contextual alternatescalt
- Old-style numeralsonum
- Tabular numeralstnum
- Small capssmcp
- All small capsc2sc
- Fractionsfrac
- Superiorssups
- Inferiorssinf
- Ordinalsordn
- Capital formscase
- Glyph count
- 926 per Roman style928 per Italic style9,270 total
- Font styles
- 10
- Hinting
- Manual VTT hinting
- Kerning
- Manual kerning11,241 pairs per style
| Font name | Pixel size | Point size | File size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martina Plantijn Light | 16 | 7 | 55kb |
| Martina Plantijn Light Italic | 16 | 7 | 60kb |
| Martina Plantijn Regular | 16 | 7 | 50kb |
| Martina Plantijn Italic | 16 | 7 | 54kb |
| Martina Plantijn Medium | 16 | 7 | 56kb |
| Martina Plantijn Medium Italic | 16 | 7 | 60kb |
| Martina Plantijn Bold | 16 | 7 | 56kb |
| Martina Plantijn Bold Italic | 16 | 7 | 59kb |
| Martina Plantijn Black | 16 | 7 | 52kb |
| Martina Plantijn Black Italic | 16 | 7 | 55kb |